AP reports that Harriet Miers is the new SC nominee according

[MelissaB]

to the Today Show.

[MelissaB]

1. Bush chooses White House counsel Harriett Miers for Supreme Court

Bush chooses White House counsel Harriett Miers for Supreme Court

THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

October 3, 2005, 7:09 AM EDT


WASHINGTON -- President Bush has chosen Harriet Miers, White House counsel and a loyal member of the president's inner circle, to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, a senior administration official said Monday.

Link: http://www.nynewsday.com/news/nationworld/nation/ny-usbush1004,0,886774.story?coll=nyc-nationhome-headlines

[Child_Of_Isis]

2. a loyal member of the president's inner circle

Surprise!

[Fuzz]

3. CNN said she headed up the search for an O'connor replacement

Shades of Cheney

[NYC Liberal]

5. She chose herself? Why am I not surprised?

[Fuzz]

6. Amazing, eh?

[MelissaB]

4. Another article

Bush chooses White House counsel Harriet Miers for Supreme Court

Associated Press
Posted October 3 2005, 7:12 AM EDT


WASHINGTON -- President Bush has chosen Harriet Miers, White House counsel and a loyal member of the president's inner circle, to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, a senior administration official said Monday.

If confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate, Miers, 60, would join Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the second woman on the nation's highest court.


Miers, who has never been a judge, was the first woman to serve as president of the Texas State Bar and the Dallas Bar Association.

Without a judicial record, it's difficult to know whether Miers would dramatically move the court to the right. She would fill the shoes of O'Connor, a swing voter on the court for years who has cast deciding votes on some affirmative action, abortion and death penalty cases.

Link: http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/local/southflorida/sfl-1003supreme,0,5307682.story?coll=sfla-home-headlines

[MelissaB]

7. Who Is Harriet Miers?

Who Is Harriet Miers?

Bush's 'Pit Bull in Size 6 Shoes' Has Distinguished Career

Oct. 3, 2005 — Harriet Ellan Miers, 60, is White House counsel and was formerly President Bush's personal lawyer in Texas. She first served in the White House as staff secretary and was deputy chief of staff before she was named counsel upon Alberto Gonzales' transition to attorney general.

When he was the governor of Texas, Bush once publicly introduced Miers as a "pit bull in size 6 shoes."



Born and raised in Dallas, Miers earned her undergraduate degree in mathematics and her law degree from Southern Methodist University. In addition to her legal career, she served one term on the Dallas City Council.

Miers broke barriers for women throughout her career. She reportedly was the first woman hired by the prestigious Dallas law firm Locke Purnell Boren Laney & Neely, where she became a successful commercial litigator. She also became the first female president of the Dallas Bar Association in 1985 and was the first woman elected president of the Texas Bar Association in 1992.

Miers met Bush in the 1980s, according to published reports, and she was counsel for his 1994 campaign for governor. He appointed her chair of the Texas Lottery Commission in 1995.

More: http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/SupremeCourt/story?id=1170572

[DemocratSinceBirth]

8. How Do You Judge A Person's Record When They Have None?

This will make everybody happy or unhappy...


Strange....

[Skidmore]

9. Well, do the Dems line up now to

kiss the royal hiney?

[PDittie]

10. Put the pressure on them

Start calling your Senators today (especially if the are Pukes).

[Mass]

11. Personnal lawyer for Bush - Is it not enough as a paper trail?

Protection against impeachment?