Bush picks Supreme Court nominee (2 Viewers)

[insert-username]

It seems she wants them to have the same rights... to a point, which incidentally is probably the most important point. I guess we can infer from that paragraph that, from her point of view, there's to be no naughty disgusting business thank you very much.


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[loquasagacious]

And you have the videos to prove it............

 

[Rafy]

Ouch. This is a big blow to Bush, especially after the lengths he has taken to promote Miers in the last few weeks.....

>> Her withdrawl letter to Bush : http://edition.cnn.com/2005/images/10/27/miers.letter.pdf

BREAKING NEWS
Miers withdraws court nomination

U.S. President George W. Bush has "reluctantly accepted" Harriet Miers' withdrawal from her nomination to the Supreme Court, according to a statement from the White House. In the statement, Miers said her nomination presented a "burden for the White House."

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President George W Bush's embattled nominee for the US Supreme Court, White House counsel Harriet Miers, announced she was withdrawing her name from consideration.

In a letter to Bush released by the White House, Miers said she was concerned that the Senate confirmation process "presents a burden for the White House and our staff that is not in the best interest of the country".

Bush said on Thursday he reluctantly accepted Miers' withdrawal and would move to fill the vacancy in a timely manner.

Miers had come under criticism from Democrats and conservative Republicans alike and many conservatives had demanded she withdraw her nomination because she lacked judicial experience.

As a reason for pulling out, Miers cited the need to maintain privacy of internal records of her White House service that members of Congress wanted to see but Bush wanted to keep confidential.


AAP

-http://edition.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/miers.nominations/index.html

 

[erawamai]

That probably hasn't happened often. The person nominated by the adminstration decides to withdraw her nomination due to lack of public confidence in her ability.