Bush chooses Miers for Supreme Court (AP) Updated: 2005-10-03 21:06
President Bush on Monday nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to
replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, reaching into
his loyal inner circle for another pick that could reshape the nation's
judiciary for years to come.
President Bush leaves the Oval Office of the
White House with Harriet Miers in this Nov. 14, 2003 file photo. Bush has
chosen Miers, White House counsel and a loyal member of the president's
inner circle, to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the
Supreme Court, a senior administration official said Monday, Oct. 3, 2005.
[AP] | "She has devoted her life to the rule
of law and the cause of justice," Bush said as his first Supreme Court pick,
Chief Justice John Roberts, took the bench for the first time just a few blocks
from the White House. "She will be an outstanding addition to the Supreme Court
of the United States."
If confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate, Miers, 60, would join
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the second woman on the nation's highest court
and the third to serve there. Miers, who has never been a judge, was the first
woman to serve as president of the Texas State Bar and the Dallas Bar
Association.
Miers, whom Bush called a trailblazer for women in the legal profession, said
she was humbled by the nod.
"If confirmed, I recognize I will have a tremendous responsibility to keep
our judicial system strong and to help insure the court meets their obligations
to strictly apply the laws and Constitution," she said.
Democratic and Republican special interests groups had been braced for a
political brawl over the pick, but they may not get it. Senate Minority Leader
Harry Reid, D-Nev., had urged the president to consider Miers, according to
several officials familiar with Bush's consultations with Congress.
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