From: CNN.com
President Bush has chosen White House counsel Harriet Miers as his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Career: White House counsel, 2004-present; White House deputy chief of staff for policy, 2003-2004; White House staff secretary, 2001-2003; Texas Lottery Commission chairwoman, 1995-2000; attorney in private practice, Locke Liddell & Sapp in Dallas, Texas, 1972-1999; Dallas City Council member, 1989-1991
Education: Bachelor of science degree in mathematics, 1967, Southern Methodist University, Dallas; law degree, 1970, Southern Methodist University School of Law
Born: 1945 in Dallas
Family: Single, no children
Sounds like a political cronie to me... I dont know, no court experience, very little political experience outside the Bush white house and small Texas political associations... I predict a major battle in the Legislature unless she can really "wow" the left wing with some savvy politics.
President Bush has chosen White House counsel Harriet Miers as his nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Career: White House counsel, 2004-present; White House deputy chief of staff for policy, 2003-2004; White House staff secretary, 2001-2003; Texas Lottery Commission chairwoman, 1995-2000; attorney in private practice, Locke Liddell & Sapp in Dallas, Texas, 1972-1999; Dallas City Council member, 1989-1991
Education: Bachelor of science degree in mathematics, 1967, Southern Methodist University, Dallas; law degree, 1970, Southern Methodist University School of Law
Born: 1945 in Dallas
Family: Single, no children
Sounds like a political cronie to me... I dont know, no court experience, very little political experience outside the Bush white house and small Texas political associations... I predict a major battle in the Legislature unless she can really "wow" the left wing with some savvy politics.
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