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On October 3, 2005, Harriet Miers (born August 10, 1945) was nominated for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President George W. Bush. She is the current White House Counsel, and was previously Bush's Deputy Chief of Staff. If she had been confirmed to the Supreme Court position, she would have replaced retiring Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. She withdrew her nomination on 27 October 2005 Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Image File history File links HarrietMiers. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 3 is the 276th day of the year (277th in Leap years). ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search See Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination for details on the nomination and withdrawal. ... Jump to: navigation, search August 10 is the 222nd day of the year (223rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1945 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Jump to: navigation, search Associate Justices of the United States Supreme Court are the members of that court other than the Chief Justice. ... Jump to: navigation, search Seal of the Supreme Court The Supreme Court of the United States, the highest court in the United States of America, is the head of the Judicial Branch of the Federal Government. ... Jump to: navigation, search The President of the United States (often abbreviated POTUS) is the head of state of the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Walker Bush (b. ... The White House Counsel is a staff appointee of the President of the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search The White House Chief of Staff is the highest-ranking member of the Executive Office of the President of the United States, and a senior aide to the President. ... Jump to: navigation, search Justice Sandra Day OConnor Sandra Day OConnor (born March 26, 1930) has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1981. ... Jump to: navigation, search October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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Overview of the selection process

On July 1, 2005, Sandra Day O'Connor announced her plan to retire, effective as of the date that her replacement was to be confirmed by the United States Senate. Bush appointed Miers as head of the search committee for candidates to replace O'Connor. On July 19, 2005, Bush announced that he had chosen John G. Roberts, Jr. as O'Connor's replacement. After William H. Rehnquist died of complications from thyroid cancer on September 3, Bush withdrew this nomination and renominated Roberts for Chief Justice. ImageMetadata File history File links Bush-Miers-051003. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Bush-Miers-051003. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search Justice Sandra Day OConnor Sandra Day OConnor (born March 26, 1930) has been an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States since 1981. ... Jump to: navigation, search Seal of the Senate The United States Senate is one of the two chambers of the Congress of the United States, the other being the House of Representatives. ... Jump to: navigation, search July 19 is the 200th day (201st in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 165 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Honorable John Glover Roberts, Jr. ... William H. Rehnquist has served as the Chief Justice of the United States since 1986. ... Thyroid cancer is cancer of the thyroid gland. ... Jump to: navigation, search September 3 is the 246th day of the year (247th in leap years). ... The Chief Justice of the United States is the head of the Judicial Branch of the government of the United States, and presides over the Supreme Court of the United States. ...

Meanwhile, Bush began considering Miers for the job, saying he took into account suggestions by ranking Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vermont) and Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter (R-Pennsylvania) that Bush's nominees should be outside of the appellate court system [1]. First Lady Laura Bush and U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton had also both publicly expressed hope that he would nominate a woman [2]. Patrick Joseph Leahy (born March 31, 1940) is the senior United States Senator from Vermont. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Green Mountain State Other U.S. States Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Governor Jim Douglas (R) Senators Patrick Leahy (D) Jim Jeffords (I) Official languages None Area 24,923 kmÂ² (43th) - Land 23,974 kmÂ² - Water 949 kmÂ² (3. ... Jump to: navigation, search Arlen Specter (born February 12, 1930) is a United States Senator from Pennsylvania. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search State nickname: The Keystone State Other U.S. States Capital Harrisburg Largest city Philadelphia Governor Ed Rendell (D) Senators Arlen Specter (R) Rick Santorum (R) Official languages None Area 119,283 kmÂ² (33rd) - Land 116,074 kmÂ² - Water 3,208 kmÂ² (2. ... The United States Courts of Appeals (or circuit courts) are the mid-level appellate courts of the United States federal court system. ... Laura Bush, current First Lady (2001-present) First Lady of the United States is the unofficial title of the hostess of the White House. ... Jump to: navigation, search First Lady Laura Bush Laura Lane Bush (nÃ©e Welch) (born November 4, 1946) is the wife of U.S. President George W. Bush and is the First Lady of the United States. ... The United States Senate is the upper house of the U.S. Congress, smaller than the United States House of Representatives. ... Jump to: navigation, search Hillary Rodham Clinton (born on October 26, 1947, in Chicago, Illinois as Hillary Diane Rodham) is the junior United States Senator from New York, serving her freshman term since January 3, 2001. ...

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Nomination issues

Because little is known about Miers' position on divisive issues, and because she has no prior experience as a judge, her nomination has been subject to some debate on both sides. Many critics are concerned that her inner-circle relationship with the president and his staff could lead to conflicts of interests in court cases. Republican Senator Sam Brownback said on ABC News [3]: "There's precious little to go on and a deep concern that this would be a Souter-type candidate." Justice David Souter Justice David Hackett Souter (born September 17, 1939) has been an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court since 1990. ...

Positions on issues that may come before the court

Abortion

The subject of Roe v. Wade, among other abortion-related Supreme Court precedents, is highly topical in this most recent nomination. This is in part because O'Connor had voted to overturn a number of state restrictions on abortion, often in narrowly divided 5-4 decisions. Jump to: navigation, search Holding Texas laws criminalizing abortion violated womens Fourteenth Amendment right to choose whether to continue a pregnancy. ...

As the confirmation process proceeds, more is becoming known about Miers' personal and judicial views on abortion. In 1989, when Miers was running for the Dallas City Council, she filled out a survey for the anti-abortion group Texas United for Life[4]. The questionnaire sought to gauge candidates feelings on the use of constitutional amendments or state laws to ban abortions in the event the Supreme Court overturned a 1973 ruling that established abortion rights. The questionnaire asked "If Congress passes a Human Life Amendment to the Constitution that would prohibit abortion except when it was necessary to prevent the death of the mother, would you actively support its ratification by the Texas Legislature." Miers answered "yes" to this question and all others listed.

Miers said in 1992 that she felt Supreme Court nominees should not be asked about how they would rule on abortion issues [5]. In 1993, when the American Bar Association (ABA) opted to take a stance in favor of abortion rights, Miers fought to have the full membership of the ABA vote on the topic: "If we were going to take a position on this divisive issue, the members should should have been able to vote." The American Bar Association (ABA) is a voluntary bar association of lawyers which is not specific to any jurisdiction in the United States. ...

Many have implied that since Miers is an Evangelical Christian (see biography), her own personal beliefs are likely to be pro-life. (See Abortion and Evangelical Christians for more detail). However, it is not clear what impact, if any, her personal views would have on her judicial rulings. The religious beliefs of nominees on abortion and other controversial social issues have been a significant part of confirmation hearings for nominees thought to have traditional religious beliefs. Some civil rights activists (notably the Catholic League for Civil and Religious Rights, Notre Dame law professor Charles Rice in the National Review, and the civil rights groups Fidelis and the Center for Jewish Values) [6] consider such interrogation by senators to be a violation of the constitutional prohibition of any religious tests for federal office. The word evangelicalism usually refers to a conservative tendency in diverse branches of Protestantism, typified by an emphasis on evangelism, a personal experience of conversion, biblically-oriented faith, and a belief in the relevance of Christian faith to cultural issues. ... Jump to: navigation, search See Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination for details on the nomination and withdrawal. ... Jump to: navigation, search Pro-life is a self-descriptive term used in English-speaking countries, and especially the United States of America for those who hold life, or the sanctity of life, or the right to life to be universal values, and seek their enforcement by legislation or constitutional... While the status of abortion has been accepted by some liberal Christian denominations, Evangelical and Fundamentalist Christians have actively opposed both the legal right of a woman to undergo an abortion and its practice within the wider community. ... This article is about the Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris. ... National Review (NR) is a conservative political magazine founded by author William F. Buckley, Jr. ... Fidelis is a Latin term meaning faithful. ...

Senator Sam Brownback, who sits on the Judiciary Committee, said there was a "good chance" he would vote against Miers if she testified that Roe v Wade was "settled law". [7] Jump to: navigation, search Samuel Dale Brownback (born September 12, 1956) is a Senator from Kansas. ... Holding Texas laws criminalizing abortion violated womens Fourteenth Amendment right to choose whether to continue a pregnancy. ...

Affirmative action

As President of the Texas State Bar, Miers supported affirmative action, going so far as to continue a quota system for women and ethnic minorities practicing law in the state. [8] Bob Dunn, the outgoing president of the organization, described Miers as "certainly one of the leaders" in supporting the quota system. Jump to: navigation, search Affirmative action (U.S. English), or positive discrimination (British English), is a policy or a program providing access to systems for people of a minority group who have traditionally been discriminated against, with the aim of creating a more egalitarian society. ...

The right to bear arms

Miers included the "right to bear arms" in a list of "precious liberties" contained in a commentary she authored in 1992. - Texas Lawyer; July 27, 1992; pp. 10 The Second Amendment to the United States Constitution, part of the Bill of Rights, prevents the federal government from infringing on the right to keep and bear firearms. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1992 was a leap year starting on Wednesday. ...

Gay rights

Although Ms. Miers has not made her position clear on gay rights, she hinted at her views in answering a questionnaire submitted to her by a Texas gay rights group during her 1989 campaign for a Dallas City Council position. Miers indicated on the questionnaire that she supported civil rights for gays, but opposed the repeal of the sodomy laws that were ultimately overturned by a 6-3 decision (with Justice O'Connor in the majority) in Lawrence v. Texas. The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... Civil rights or positive rights are those legal rights retained by citizens and protected by the government. ... Sodomy is a term of religious origin to characterise certain sexual acts. ... Jump to: navigation, search Holding A Texas law prohibiting homosexual sodomy violated the liberty under the Fourteenth Amendment of adults to engage in private intimate conduct. ...

Balance of powers

As President of the Texas State Bar, Miers fought legislation that would curtail the power of the Texas Supreme Court to limit attorneys fees in tort lawsuits. Some commentators have asked whether this portends a lack of respect for the proper role of the courts. For example, conservative activist Mark Levin responded to this information by saying, "[i]f there is a bias toward judicial supremacy, it’s best that we know this now, in advance of a confirmation vote". [9] Jump to: navigation, search Attorneys fees or attorneys fees are the costs of legal representation that an attorneys client or a party to a lawsuit incurs. ... Mark Levin Mark Reed Levin, born 1957, is a conservative radio talk show host. ...

Experience

Although Miers clerked for the Chief Judge of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas and worked in private practice, she has never served as a judge. Miers has also never argued a case before the Supreme Court. The United States district courts are the general trial courts of the United States federal court system. ... The United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas is part of the Fifth Circuit, which includes Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas. ...

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As a corporate litigator, Harriet Miers has modern-day experience defending corporations, including trying cases.

Senate minority leader Harry Reid (D-Nevada), who is said to have recommended Miers for the position, [11] [12][13][14], issued a statement: Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, for which he serves as Senate Minority Leader. ... The Democratic Party is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ... State nickname: Silver State, Battle Born State (official) Other U.S. States Capital Carson City Largest city Las Vegas Governor Kenny Guinn (R) Senators Harry Reid (D) John Ensign (R) Official languages None Area 286,367 kmÂ² (7th) - Land 284,396 kmÂ² - Water 1,971 kmÂ² (0. ...

Texas Lottery Commission

From 1995 to 2000, Miers chaired the Texas Lottery Commission (having been appointed by Bush when he was Governor of Texas). In 1997, the Commission hired Lawrence Littwin as the lottery's executive director. Five months later, however, he was fired. He brought suit over his firing, alleging that the lottery contractor, GTech Corporation, had influenced the Commission to fire him for improper reasons. GTech settled the case by paying him $300,000, with Littwin agreeing not to discuss the case or the settlement. [16] Jump to: navigation, search 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search This article is about the year 2000. ... In politics, Governor of Texas is the title given to the chief executive of the state of Texas. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... GTech is a company based in West Greenwich, Rhode Island, in the United States. ...

After Miers's nomination to the Court, GTech, at the request of the Senate Judiciary Committee, released Littwin from the confidentiality provision. Conservative columnist Jerome Corsi has called Littwin's testimony "potentially explosive" because it could portray Miers as having been involved in an attempt to cover up the George W. Bush military service controversy. [17] Jump to: navigation, search Conservatism is a major political philosophy supporting traditional values or an established social order. ... Jerome (Jerry) R. Corsi is an author and conservative activist. ... George W. Bush in uniform The George W. Bush military service controversy is an ongoing American political controversy regarding U.S. President George W. Bush and the differing contentions about his service with the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War. ...

Education

Miers attended Southern Methodist University, where she received a bachelor's degree in mathematics (1967) and a Juris Doctor degree (1970). Jump to: navigation, search Southern Methodist University (also known as SMU) is a private, coeducational Methodist-affiliated university in University Park, Texas, (an enclave of Dallas). ... Jump to: navigation, search A bachelors degree is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a course or major that generally lasts three or four years. ... Wikibooks Wikiversity has more about this subject: School of Mathematics Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: Mathematics Look up Mathematics on Wiktionary, the free dictionary Wikimedia Commons has more media related to: Mathematics Bogomolny, Alexander: Interactive Mathematics Miscellany and Puzzles. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1967 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Jump to: navigation, search J.D. is an abbreviation for the Latin Juris Doctor, also called Doctor of Jurisprudence, and is the law degree typically awarded by an accredited U.S. law school after successfully completing three years of study. ... Jump to: navigation, search 1970 was a common year starting on Thursday. ...

Reactions to her nomination

Although Miers' nomination has drawn criticism from both political parties, perhaps most surprising, considering that this is a judicial nomination by a conservative Republican president, has been the amount of skepticism expressed by Republicans and other conservatives. Principal complaints include:

Notable conservative commentators expressing these or other concerns include newspaper columnists Pat Buchanan, Ann Coulter [18], Charles Krauthammer [19], William Kristol [20], Rush Limbaugh, Ramesh Ponnuru, and George Will [21]; former Bush speechwriter David Frum; and constitutional scholar Randy Barnett. [22] Finally, Robert Bork, one of the premier advocates of originalism and a Supreme Court nominee under President Reagan who was eventually rejected by the Senate, proclaimed that the nomination was "a disaster on every level", and a "slap in the face" to conservatives [23]. It has been suggested that this article or section be merged with nepotism. ... Edith Hollan Jones (born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1949) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. ... Jump to: navigation, search Priscilla Owen (born in Palacios, Texas, October 4, 1954) is a judge in the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. ... Jump to: navigation, search Janice Rogers Brown (born in Greenville, Alabama, May 11, 1949) is a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. ... Strict constructionism is a philosophy of judicial interpretation and legal philosophy that holds to the meanings of words and phrases as used when they were written down. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the context of U.S. Constitutional interpretation, originalism is a family of theories which share the starting point that a Constitution (or statute) does not evolve in meaning, but rather, has a fixed and knowable meaning, which should be adhered to by Judges. ... Jump to: navigation, search Throughout the history of abortion, induced abortions have always been a source of considerable debate and controversy. ... Jump to: navigation, search Affirmative action (U.S. English), or positive discrimination (British English), is a policy or a program providing access to systems for people of a minority group who have traditionally been discriminated against, with the aim of creating a more egalitarian society. ... The gay rights movement is a collection of loosely aligned civil rights groups, human rights groups, support groups and political activists seeking acceptance, tolerance and equality for non-heterosexual, (homosexual, bisexual), and transgender people - despite the fact that it is typically referred to as the gay rights movement, members also... Jump to: navigation, search Patrick Buchanan Pat Buchanan (born November 2, 1938), is an American author, syndicated columnist, and television commentator. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ann Coulter on Fox News Channel Ann Hart Coulter (born December 8, 1961 in New York City) is a prominent American syndicated columnist, bestselling author, and television pundit. ... Jump to: navigation, search Charles Krauthammer Charles Krauthammer, M.D. (born March 13, 1950 in New York) is a syndicated columnist who appears in the Washington Post and other publications. ... William Kristol featured on BBC Newsnight William Bill Kristol (born December 23, 1952 in New York City) is an American political commentator and columnist. ... Jump to: navigation, search Rush Limbaugh. ... Ramesh Ponnuru is a Washington, D.C.-based American opinion journalist and a senior editor for National Review magazine. ... Jump to: navigation, search George Frederick Will (born May 4, 1941) is an American columnist, journalist, and author. ... David Frum (born 1960) is a former speechwriter for President George W. Bush, and the author of the first insider book about the Bush presidency. ... Randy E. Barnett is a lawyer, law professor at Boston University, and legal theorist in the United States, noted for his libertarian theory of law and his work on contract theory and constitutional law and theory. ... Jump to: navigation, search Robert Bork Robert Heron Bork (born March 1, 1927 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) is a conservative American legal scholar and former judge who advocates the judicial philosophy of originalism. ... Jump to: navigation, search In the context of U.S. Constitutional interpretation, originalism is a family of theories which share the starting point that a Constitution (or statute) does not evolve in meaning, but rather, has a fixed and knowable meaning, which should be adhered to by Judges. ... Jump to: navigation, search Ronald Wilson Reagan, GCB, (February 6, 1911 â€“ June 5, 2004) was the 40th President of the United States (1981â€“1989) and the 33rd Governor of California (1967â€“1975). ...

In addition to the initial positive comments from Democrat Senator Harry Reid, other prominent Republican conservatives have been supportive of Miers, including former U.S. House Speaker Newt Gingrich [24], Focus on the Family founder James Dobson, Senator John Cornyn of Texas [25], columnist Mark Steyn [26], and former Indiana Senator Dan Coats, [27] who is the Bush administration's appointed guide for Miers through the confirmation process. Harry Mason Reid (born December 2, 1939) is the senior United States Senator from Nevada and a member of the Democratic Party, for which he serves as Senate Minority Leader. ... Jump to: navigation, search Newt Gingrich Newton Leroy Gingrich, Ph. ... Focus on the Family (FOTF or FotF), founded in 1977, is a evangelical Christian 501(c)(3) non-profit organization based in the United States. ... Jump to: navigation, search James Dobson, Ph. ... John Cornyn III (born February 2, 1952) is the junior United States Senator from Texas. ... Mark Steyn is a Canadian journalist, columnist, and film and theatre critic. ... Daniel Ray Coats Daniel Ray Coats (born May 16, 1943 in Jackson, Michigan) is an American diplomat and politician. ...

A comprehensive list from the Republican side on the pros and cons of the Miers nomination is available at RightSideRedux.com [28].

Additional documents

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Withdrawal

After opposition to her nomination from conservative pressure groups and a number of Republican Senators grew, Harriet Miers on October 27, 2005 requested to withdraw her nomination and President Bush "reluctantly" accepted it. Jump to: navigation, search October 27 is the 300th day of the year (301st in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 65 days remaining. ... Jump to: navigation, search 2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

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