"Advice & consent"

However, she makes some pretty clear, and for Ann, bombast-free arguments for why someone from an elite law school is probably better suited for the job...

You also have to consider the point she makes in asserting that actual conservatives (and originalists) who went to elite law schools are more likely to be able to defend against the polemics of the left.

Janice Rogers Brown went to Cal. State for her B.A. degree and Univ. of Cal. for her law degree; those aren't "elite" Ivy league schools. My point is that people like Ann shouldn't focus on the fact that Miers graduated from SMU. If we were sure Miers was another Thomas or Scalia, then who cares that she graduated from SMU or any other college.