Harriet Miers 10/3/2005 Bush Nominee for SC to replace O'Connor
Miers withdrew her nomination on October 27, 2005, and Bush nominated Samuel Alito four days later.
Q#2671
Jan 11 2019 05:15:03 (EST)
>If a woman is selected as the nominee does that eliminate the wrap up smear re: sexual assault?
>What other tactics might be planned to block and/or force name removal?
Tactics used to force Harriet to withdrawal:
Conservatives
-Had no reason to believe she was a 'legal conservative'
-Didn't believe she had the 'spine or the steel' to resist the pressure to to bend the American legal system to the left
-She wan't a judge
-No track record of publicly opposing abortion
-No experience with Constitutional Law
Liberals:
-…pressure to release internal White House documents in which she offered him [Bush] confidential advice.
https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4976787
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harriet_Miers_Supreme_Court_nomination
https://web.archive.org/web/20081004003034/http://frum.nationalreview.com/post/?q=ZjM1NDExNTgwNmFkYjc5ODJkNWFjNTdmYzg0MDIyMGQ=