Wizbang: Harriet Miers Archives

Miers Withdraws SCOTUS Nomination

Posted by Aylward · Published: October 27, 2005 · Comments (33)

Miers and the White House are saying it was about documents, not qualifications: President Bush said he reluctantly accepted her decision to withdraw, after weeks of insisting that he did not want her to step down. He blamed her withdrawal on calls in the Senate for the release of internal... [Full Story]

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Miers Withdraws Supreme Court Nomination

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 27, 2005 · Comments (4)

ABC News and AP are reporting that Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination to be a Supreme Court justice. Mary Katharine adds: I'm doing reaction updates in a separate post, since Kevin is hard at work at his job. The text of Miers's withdrawal letter and President Bush's statement are... [Full Story]

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Meirs In The Crosshairs Of Conservative Groups

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 24, 2005 · Comments (5)

The Wall Street Journal's David Frum who, along with NRO colleague John Fund, has been knocking the stuffing out of the Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination has started Americans for Better Justice - a political non-profit organization made up of grassroots conservatives from across the country who support President George... [Full Story]

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Harriet Miers and abortion -- an alternate take

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: October 20, 2005 · Comments (41)

Sometimes, I will work through certain issues purely as a mental exercise. I don't so much try to find the truth, but see if a solution is reasonable or plausible -- usually when I have no way of actually finding the truth. This time, I'm turning that process on the... [Full Story]

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Is Harriet Miers A Slumlord?

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 18, 2005 · Comments (8)

From Newsday: The year Harriet Miers began work as a senior presidential aide in the White House, the city of Dallas slapped three liens in three months on a property she controls in a low-income minority Dallas neighborhood, records show. The city placed the liens in 2001 to force her... [Full Story]

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Will Miers oppose Roe v. Wade?

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 17, 2005 · Comments (21)

John Fund, in The Wall Street Journal, says Christian conservatives have received assurances from two of Ms. Miers's close friends - both sitting judges - that she would vote to overturn Roe.... [Full Story]

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Miers won't withdraw

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 14, 2005 · Comments (11)

The White House says Harriet Miers won't withdraw. A full read of the article reveals how tone deaf the White House has gone on this nomination. Just the other day they were touting Miers' evangelical Christian connection, now they're Scott McClellan is castigating the media for focusing on the religion... [Full Story]

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Supreme Heresy

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: October 9, 2005 · Comments (50)

With all the fuss over Harriet Miers, a lot of people questioned whether a Supreme Court Justice should have had some judicial experience on their resume. Others immediately pointed out several justices -- including the recently-deceased Chief Justice William Rehnqust -- had been named to the High Court without having... [Full Story]

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Utterly unqualified analysis of the Miers nomination

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: October 5, 2005 · Comments (41)

OK, now that all the professionals have had their say about Harriet Miers' nomination to the Supreme Court, it's time for a rank amateur to step up to the plate. First, when I heard that she was unmarried, I immediately flashed back to the Clinton administration and such notables as... [Full Story]

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Lesbians Remember Harriet Miers

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 4, 2005 · Comments (6)

There's plenty of people who would like you to believe Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers is a lesbian. Apparently the meme of the mid-morning (it's just about played out now) hasn't made it to real lesbians.(10-03) 17:23 PDT WASHINGTON (AP) -- Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers went on record favoring... [Full Story]

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Quote Of The Day - Historical Context Edition

Posted by Kevin · Published: October 3, 2005 · Comments (11)

"It is also interesting, historically ... Of the 110 people who have sat on the Supreme Court, only half have been sitting judges when selected ... History is filled with people with backgrounds similar to Harriet Miers."NBC's Tim Russert, on Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers. Whether or not she becomes... [Full Story]

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Bush Picks Harriet Miers For Supreme Court

Posted by Aylward · Published: October 3, 2005 · Comments (24)

(AP Photo/Ron Edmonds) Confirm Them is not thrilled. Neither am I. Here's a bio. Official announcement coming at 8 a.m. Update: Sorry about doubling up on the entries there. Didn't realize Jay beat me to it. Think Progress calls Miers the "ultimate loyalist," and points to this piece from David... [Full Story]

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Wizbang news flash: Bush to nominate Miers to Supreme Court

Posted by Jay Tea · Published: October 3, 2005 · Comments (0)

Several sources are reporting that President Bush will nominate White House Counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court. Miers, 60, has never served as a judge. Bush is expected to make the nomination official around 8:00 a.m. EST Monday. [Kevin adds: Conversation moved to Mary Katharine's post, which is being... [Full Story]

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