Posted on 10/03/2005 8:00:28 AM PDT by pkajj
There's not a lot out there in the major news services, but three clues do exist:
1. In a Feb. 2, 2002 AP Article, Harriet Myers, as an ABA panelist, was asked if a potential Supreme Court justice should be asked how he or she would vote in abortion-related cases. She responded "Nominees are clearly prohibited from making such a commitment and presidents are prohibited from asking for it.."
2. In an August 12, 1992 article from the Wall Street Journal, it was reported that the ABA policy-making body had taken a pro-abortion rights position (by a 276 - 168 vote). Harriet Miers argued against the pro-abortion endorsement, and instead supported a resolution that would require the full memebership of the ABA to be polled before the ABA could go on record supporting either side of the issue.
3. In a July 24, 2002 article from the Austin American Statesman, Harriet Myers was a reported to be a prominent supporter of Priscilla Owen (pro-life), and was in attendance at the contentious hearings where Democrats subjected Owen to their predictable grilling.
The most encouraging thing I've seen today was information that Miers was basically in charge of the process that gave us judges like Luttig and Brown in the appellate courts.
A very good point. I'm going to trust Bush. We don't have much choice anyway at this point. If you didn't trust Bush, the only thing you could have done about it was to vote against him.
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