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Oct 27, 2005 · WASHINGTON — President Bush says Harriet Miers asked him to withdraw her Supreme Court nomination because of Senate pressure to release internal White House documents in which she offered him...
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Other potential controversies: the Texas Lottery Commission. Reactions to her nomination. Withdrawal. References. Harriet Miers Supreme Court nomination. On October 3, 2005, Harriet Miers was nominated for Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court by President George W. Bush to replace retired Associate Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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Miers, Bush’s top legal advisor, says she withdrew because releasing the White House documents requested by the Senate confirmation committee would jeopardize the confidential relationship between president and advisor. Miers has never been a judge.
Oct 27, 2005 · The conservative drum beat against Miers began the very day she was nominated, and it never subsided. There were daily opinion columns criticizing her lack of conservative legal credentials, and...
Supreme Court nomination and withdrawal. Resignation and departure from the White House. Dismissal of U.S. attorneys controversy. Personal life. See also. References. External links. Harriet Miers. Harriet Ellan Miers (born August 10, 1945) is an American lawyer who served as White House counsel to President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007.