Harriet Miers Withdraws

Thursday, October 27, 2005

CNN reports: "President Bush 'reluctantly' accepts Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's request to withdraw her nomination."

ID: 87458
Comment: Hmmmm....may be a little too early for the "Yippee" part. This concerns me. Now, I'm all freaked out.
Author: Lori G
Date: 2005-10-27T08:38:03-06:00

ID: 87462
Comment: I think Miers was a "throw away"....I think the next one will be worse, and always was going to be. Bush needs the nation to be seriously distracted in the coming weeks. What better way...? That, or, when Israel pre-emptively attacks Iran.... we get pulled into all that crap.
Author: whateveryouwant
Date: 2005-10-27T08:59:29-06:00

ID: 87463
Comment: I know that Alberto Gonzales' is a possible nominee. He is scary. As AG in Texas, he helped Bush kill dozens on death row, many who were mentally incapacitated.
Author: Steph
Date: 2005-10-27T09:04:37-06:00

ID: 87464
Comment: oops. correction. He was Bush's general counsel back in Texas. Also TX Sec. of State and a State Supreme Court Justice, but still working for the dark side.
Author: Steph
Date: 2005-10-27T09:08:42-06:00

ID: 87465
Comment: ìThe Attorney General should enforce the law,î said Jamie Fellner, director of the U.S. Program of Human Rights Watch. ìGonzales has helped the president circumvent it. His record suggests that he would be more likely to defer to the President than to uphold basic rights.î
Author: Steph
Date: 2005-10-27T09:14:32-06:00

ID: 87466
Comment: Statement of U.S. Senator Trent Lott on the Withdrawal of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court [verbatim/Oct. 27, 2005] WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi issued the following statement upon the withdrawal of Harriet Miers as President Bushís nominee to serve as Associate Justice on the Supreme Court: ìI commend Miss Miers for a decision that is in the best interests of the President and the Senate at this time. The lack of available documents illustrating her judicial philosophy meant the Senate was headed toward an inescapable clash with the White House over Executive Privilege. Her decision was a admirable one. ìI look forward to the Presidentís announcement of his nomination to succeed Justice Sandra Day OíConnor. He has an admirable bench of supremely-qualified candidates by virtue of their education, personal histories, life experiences and professional achievements who will serve as strict constructionists on the Supreme Court.î - 30 -
Author: DonnaLadd
Date: 2005-10-27T11:25:18-06:00

ID: 87467
Comment: Bush needed this in the worst way, and the Miers announcement coming today was especially telling, given that tomorrow looks like FItzgerald's day to speak about the indictments. Bush administration folks and proxies have been making squeaky noises for a week or so now, about her withdrawal, and Bush's proclomation at his staff meeting the other day, about executive privilige and confidentiality and his refusal to give up the documents based on principle was positioning toward that end. They were waiting for the most "opportune" moment to release the news, though, when it could do the most good, to counteract the most harm. Which brings us back to the indictments. Expect major, major fireworks. Fitzgerald has secured new and expanded Washington office space, so trials are very likely. And expect a hard-right nominee, too, to rally the base while the administration goes down in flames.
Author: mitch
Date: 2005-10-27T11:48:26-06:00

ID: 87468
Comment: President Bush 'reluctantly' accepts Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers's request to withdraw... Dear Georgie, While I think it would have been one of the bestest jobs you ever gave me, I have to say no thank you. Can I still work in the White House with you though? I think itís really keen there, too.
Author: Rex
Date: 2005-10-27T13:35:35-06:00

ID: 87469
Comment: Gonzales is actually my favorite of the potential nominees, but I don't expect him to get nominated. Bush needs to shore up his base, and the only way to do that is to appoint an absolute, raving wingnut. Gonzales, though he has worked as attorney for folks who share Rehnquist and Scalia's views on execution of the mentally handicapped, on torture warrants, etc., has been relatively moderate as a justice on the Texas Supreme Court. Folks have been saying "Gonzales is Spanish for 'Souter'" for years now. I also expect Bush to nominate a woman. A scary, right-wing woman. Cheers, TH
Author: Tom Head
Date: 2005-10-27T13:36:51-06:00

ID: 87470
Comment: Er, not torture warrants per se. But on circumscribing the Geneva Conventions without warrants, which is in some ways worse (no warrants required) and in some ways not as bad (U.S. regulations on torture still apply, at least in theory). Cheers, TH
Author: Tom Head
Date: 2005-10-27T13:39:17-06:00

ID: 87471
Comment: Seems the new expanded office space was a matter of confusion and/or rumour.
Author: mitch
Date: 2005-10-27T13:50:25-06:00

ID: 87472
Comment: Harriet Miers changed her mind. Can Sandra Day OíConnor still change hers?
Author: pjiv
Date: 2005-10-27T14:34:37-06:00

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