Harriet Miers nominated to Supreme Court to replace O'Conner

Dark Knight · Oct 3, 2005

WASHINGTON - President Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court on Monday, turning to a lawyer who has never been a judge to replace Sandra Day O'Connor and help reshape the nation's judiciary. "She has devoted her life to the rule of law and the cause of justice," Bush said as his first Supreme Court pick, Chief Justice John Roberts, took the bench for the first time just a few blocks from the White House.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20051003/ap_on_go_pr_wh/bush_scotus_41;_ylt=Ajb2DkbNxqjkHf3xbBAZwr1uCM0A;_ylu=X3oDMTBiMW04NW9mBHNlYwMlJVRPUCUl

Dark Knight · Oct 3, 2005

President George W. Bush on Monday nominated White House insider Harriet Miers for a Supreme Court vacancy, triggering outrage from conservatives who questioned whether she would uphold their political views.

Bush chose Miers, a lawyer but not a judge whose opinions on key issues likely to come before the high court are largely unknown, to replace the retiring Sandra Day O'Connor.

Conservatives who formed the bedrock foundation of Bush's re-election last November immediately protested the nomination as a betrayal of his campaign promise to pick conservative judges, pointing to her past campaign donations to Democrats.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/bush_court_miers_dc

Sally · Oct 3, 2005

Yes. It's been amusing today to watch the scramble for information on the woman.

Buzz Mills · Oct 3, 2005

Sally said:
Yes. It's been amusing today to watch the scramble for information on the woman.

It seems that she will be in for a very difficult time; I don't think she will be accepted, as even some of the Republicans are upset with GWB's choice. Like many others, I thought he was going to nominate a minority, not his own personal attorney.

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