Harriet E. Miers: Articles & Commentary

The following are articles and commentary related to the main article Harriet E. Miers, President George W. Bush's nominee as Assistant Justice of the Supreme Court to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, who is retiring.

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2004

• T.R. Goldman, "Down to the Last Detail. Bush's pick for White House counsel sports an exacting style," Legal Times, December 15, 2004.

2005

February

• "Democrats Oppose Gonzales," Light Up the Darkness, February 1, 2005.

March

• David Jackson and G. Robert Hillman, "Miers' trek: from council to counsel. Ex-Dallas city official now advises president on legal matters," Dallas Morning News, March 3, 2005: "Her best-known client in Texas: George W. Bush. She represented him personally and as a candidate for governor and for president. And along the way in Austin, he appointed her to head the Texas Lottery Commission."

July

• David Frum, Dark Horse," The National Review, July 4, 2005.

August

• Richard S. Dunham, "A Strong Voice In Bush's Choice. White House counsel Harriet Miers had a central role in selecting Roberts," Business Week, August 8, 2005.

September

• Deb Reichmann, "High Court Selection Process Winds Down," Washington Post, September 28, 2005.
• David Frum, "Justice Miers?" The National Review, September 29, 2005.

• Ben Wikler, "Just Deleted from David Frum's Blog," Air America, October 3, 2005.

October

• Cass R. Sunstein, "Volley of Complaints. A Change in the Confirmation Game," Washington Post, October 2, 2005.
• "Bush Chooses Miers for Supreme Court," Associated Press, October 3, 2005.
• Timothy Williams, "Longtime Confidante of Bush Has Never Been a Judge," New York Times, October 3, 2005.
• Editorial: "A Lone Star pick. In nominating Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, President Bush wisely passed over ideologues to choose a conciliator," Houston Chronicle, October 3, 2005.
• Fred Barbash, Peter Baker and Michael Fletcher, "Bush Names Harriet Miers to Supreme Court. White House Counsel Would Replace Retiring Sandra Day O'Connor," Washington Post, October 3, 2005.
• "Bush picks aide for Supreme Court," BBC, October 3, 2005.
• "Nominations," Atrios, October 3, 2005: "All we do know is she's a reliable Bush fixer."
• "Was Miers a registered Democrat?" Crooks and Liars, October 3, 2005.
• Patti Waldmeir, Edward Alden and Caroline Daniel, "Nominee without a past has experts wondering," Financial Times, October 3, 2005.
• Liz Austin, "Miers Had Stormy Tenure at Texas Lottery," Associated Press, October 3, 2005: One of the two executive directors Miers fired "stirred up questions about whether political influence helped George W. Bush avoid active duty in Vietnam."
• James Ridgeway, "What's the Deal With Harriet Miers? Bush's Supreme Court pick never a judge, often a contributor," Village Voice, October 3, 2005.
• "The Harriet Miers Confirmation," PBS Online NewsHour, October 3, 2005.
• David Sirota, "Dems' Non-Ideological Case Against Harriet Miers," Working for Change (Common Dreams), October 3, 2005.
• Bruce Reed, "The Girl Next Door. Harriet Miers used to pay my salary. Now Bush wants to put her on the Supreme Court," Slate, October 3, 2005: "Mustang Harriet: Move over, FEMA. President Bush has designated a new official dumping ground for hacks: the Supreme Court."
• Adele M. Stan, "The Things She Couriered," The American Prospect, October 3, 2005.
• Mark Schmitt, "The Ponzi Victims Catch On," TPM Cafe, October 3, 2005.
• Ed Kilgore, "Miers: Will the Right Foreclose the Mortgage?" TPM Cafe, October 3, 2005.
• "Miers, Bush's Lawyer, Selected for U.S. Supreme Court (Update5)" and Update 7, Bloomberg News, October 3, 2005.
• Judy Keen and Richard Benedetto, "Analysis: Bush goes to insider strategy with pick," USA Today, October 3 (updated October 4), 2005.
• Jesse J. Holland, "GOP, Democrats Alike Conflicted Over Miers," Associated Press (Yahoo! News), October 4, 2005.
• Tom Raum, "Bush May Have Eyes on His legacy With Miers," Associated Press (Yahoo! News), October 4, 2005.
• Editorial: "The President's Choice," Washington Post, October 4, 2005.
• Dan Balz, "A Bid for Confirmation, Rather Than Convictions," Washington Post, October 4, 2005.
• Peter Baker, "Once More, Bush Turns To His Inner Circle," Washington Post, October 4, 2005.
• Richard W. Stevenson, "When a President Is Not Spoiling for a Fight," New York Times, October 4, 2005.
• Editorial: "The President's Stealth Nominee," New York Times, October 4, 2005.
• John C. Yoo, "Opportunity Squandered," Washington Post, October 4, 2005.
• Liza Porteus, "Bush Picks Miers for Supreme Court," Fox News, October 4, 2005.
• Patrick Buchanan, "Bush Recoils from Greatness," World Net Daily, October 4, 2005.
• David J. Garrow, "She's No Roberts. The biggest impediment to Harriet Miers' confirmation may be the man who preceded her onto the Court," The American Prospect, October 4, 2005.
• John Aravosis, "Miers became an ardent pro-life Republican in 1979, she then gave $1000 bucks to Al Gore and the DNC in 1988, and sucked up to gays in 1989," AMERICAblog, October 4, 2005.
• John Aravosis, "Miers was acting all liberal AFTER she was already evangelical," AMERICAblog, October 4, 2005.
• Joe, "Support Miers or you're helping the terrorists," AMERICAblog, October 4, 2005.
• Donna Cassata and Calvin Woodward, "Miers Seems Like Anti-Abortion Moderate," Associated Press (SFGate), October 4, 2005.
• Tony Perkins, "Second (Day) Thoughts," Family Research Council, October 4, 2005.
• Edward Wyatt and Simon Romero, "In Midcareer, a Turn to Faith to Fill a Void," New York Times, October 5, 2005.
• "Quiz hints at Miers' views on gay rights. Nominee answered questions during 1989 political campaign," CNN, October 5, 2005.
• "Bush: Abortion not discussed with nominee. President says Miers shares his legal philosophy," CNN, October 5, 2005.
• George Will, "Can This Nomination Be Justified?" Washington Post, October 5, 2005.
• Peter Baker and Dan Balz, "Conservatives Confront Bush Aides. Anger Over Nomination of Miers Boils Over During Private Meetings," Washington Post, October 6, 2005.
• Jonathan Allen, "GOP presidential hopefuls cautious in stance on Miers," The Hill, October 6, 2005.