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26 Jul 2007, 6:47 am
The House Judiciary Committee voted to hold former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten in contempt for violating their subpoenas over the firing of Justice Department Officials. [read post]
4 Jan 2007, 2:38 pm
* Some interesting comments about Harriet Miers getting a Fifth Circuit nomination, as well as speculation about who might replace her as White House counsel. [read post]
9 Jul 2007, 9:19 am
Bush's latest excercise of executive privilege came this morning as he reasserted the privilege to deny Congress' subpoenas for the testimony of former White House aides Harriet Miers and Sara Taylor about the U.S. [read post]
31 May 2007, 9:00 am
He fingers Harriet Miers and Karl Rove or others in the West Wing of the White House as being responsible for the firing list. [read post]
6 Oct 2008, 8:02 pm
"Miers Wins Bid to Delay House Testimony on Firings": James Rowley and Robert Schmidt of Bloomberg News provide a report that begins, "A U.S. appeals court postponed congressional testimony by former White House Counsel Harriet Miers on the Bush administration's firing of nine federal prosecutors. [read post]
12 Oct 2005, 1:25 am
[JURIST] Lawyers for Republican members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee said Tuesday that President Bush's nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers [JURIST news archive] for the Supreme Court was uniformly unpopular among committee staffers, and that some questioning her qualifications and conservative pedigree were actively researching ways to rebut arguments put forward in her favor [read post]
12 Jul 2007, 9:16 am
[JURIST] A panel of the US House Judiciary Committee [official website] voted Thursday to move forward with contempt proceedings against former White House counsel Harriet Miers [official profile] after she ignored a subpoena ordering her to appear and testify at a hearing regarding the firings of federal prosecutors [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
15 Oct 2005, 3:05 am
[JURIST] The White House announced Friday that it will bring in former Texas Supreme Court [official website] justices to highlight the qualifications of Texas native and US Supreme Court associate justice nominee Harriet Miers [JURIST news archive; Washington Post profile]. [read post]
29 Mar 2007, 9:50 pm
[JURIST] US Attorney General Alberto Gonzales [official profile] and White House counsel Harriet Miers [official profile] were deeply involved in discussions about the firings of federal prosecutors [JURIST news archive], according to testimony [statement text] Thursday from former Gonzales chief of staff Kyle Sampson [official profile] before the Senate Judiciary Committee [official website]. [read post]
27 Oct 2005, 9:02 am
[JURIST] AP is reporting that US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers [JURIST news archive] has withdrawn her nomination. 9:15 AM ET - In a letter [PDF] to President Bush Thursday, Miers withdrew her nomination [JURIST report], expressing concern that the confirmation process would present "a burden for the White House and our staff that is not in the best interest of the country. [read post]
22 Oct 2005, 4:47 pm
[JURIST] White House US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers [JURIST news archive] supported affirmative action programs during her tenure as the president of the State Bar of Texas, according to a report in the Washington Post Saturday. [read post]
6 Sep 2008, 5:24 am
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit [official website] has issued a temporary stay delaying the enforcement of a district court ruling compelling the testimony [JURIST report] of former White House Counsel and US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers before the House Judiciary Committee in connection with the US Attorneys firing scandal [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
25 Jul 2007, 2:37 am
Attorney scandal, and of Congress's interests in discovering just how and why the White House removed those officials from office. [read post]
17 Oct 2005, 12:38 am
White House strategists say that Miers' approach will be to reassure conservative critics while at the same time not drawing fire [read post]
18 Jul 2007, 6:45 am
[JURIST] Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers [official profile] again refused Tuesday to testify in front of the US House Judiciary Committee [official website] regarding the allegedly political firings of eight US attorneys [JURIST news archive]. [read post]
24 Oct 2005, 2:59 pm
Bush said to reporters that it was "a red line" he was "not willing to cross," a decision that could prompt a battle between the White House and [read post]
8 Jun 2006, 10:53 am
Article III Groupie wasn't exactly kind to White House Counsel Harriet Miers during her unsuccessful quest for a Supreme Court seat. [read post]
21 Sep 2015, 6:10 am
Optical illusions are wonderfully useful, but the illusion is blown when we fixate on how it is an illusion.The Harriet Tubman quote was: "In my mind, I see a line. [read post]
10 May 2010, 8:27 pm
In commentary available at Salon.com: Mike Madden has an essay entitled "Why Elena Kagan won't be the next Harriet Miers: Liberals grumble about Kagan's lack of a record, but the White House made the safe pick for a reason -- it's safe. [read post]
13 Mar 2007, 9:03 pm
The aide, along with then-White House Counsel Harriet Miers, had begun discussing possible firings of U.S. attorneys in early 2005, according to e-mails released Tuesday. . . . [read post]
