Miers' law firm backed Hillary

Boston Herald ^ | 10/11/2005 | By Herald staff

[Pipeline]

Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' law firm contributed $1,000 to Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign in 2000, Federal Election Commission reports show.

Locke Liddell & Sapp LLP PAC, the political action committee of the Houston law firm Miers co-managed, made the contributions on May 19, 2000, two days after Miers contributed $415.91 to the PAC.

The contributions were revealed over the weekend in an FEC response to a request by the conservative Republican Study Committee for Miers' campaign contributions, and detailed on the left-leaning worldnetdaily Web site.

The report is sure to roil an already sharply divided Republican Party.

Many conservatives have blasted the president for nominating Miers, his longtime confidante and White House counsel. Miers was never a judge and has no judicial record on issues including abortion and the death penalty.

An ex-Democrat, Miers made widely publicized donations in 1987 and 1988 to then-Sen. Al Gore of Tennessee and former Sen. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas. However, her law firm's donations to Clinton had not been disclosed.

[Earthdweller]

Republicans on the Senate Judiciary committee release statements regarding the hearings...

Mr. Sessions (R)Mr. Sessions affirmative…. “My conversations with Harriet Miers indicate that she is a first-rate lawyer and a fine person. Her legal skills are proven and her reputation throughout the legal community is excellent. It is not necessary that she have previous experience as a judge in order to serve on the Supreme Court. It’s perfectly acceptable to nominate outstanding lawyers to that position. I look forward to the confirmation process and to learning more about her judicial philosophy.”

Mr. Cornyn (R) Mr Cornyn…affirmative "The President has announced his nominee to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court of the United States: Harriet Miers, currently serving as White House Counsel. As he did with Judge John G. Roberts, Jr., the President has chosen an outstanding nominee for our nation's highest court. The Senate should consider this nomination in both a thorough and expedient manner.

"Harriet Miers is a brilliant legal mind. She is a woman of outstanding character who clearly understands what it means to follow the law. She is deeply committed to public service, and has a distinguished history of professional achievement. It is clear that her past experiences have well prepared her for the honor of serving our country as a Supreme Court Justice. I strongly support her nomination.

"It is important that we put aside partisanship, and that the Senate fulfill its constitutional responsibility of advice and consent. This fine nominee must be treated with civility and respect, not as a political pawn. I hope that we in the Senate can move forward in a manner worthy of the American people."

Mr. Coburn (R) Mr.Coburn..affirmative. “Harriet Miers deserves a fair and thorough hearing and confirmation process. I look forward to learning more about her qualifications and judicial philosophy in the coming days,” Dr. Coburn said, adding that he plans to meet with Miers this week.”

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[narby]

the left-leaning worldnetdaily Web site.

They must be smokin some good stuff back there in Boston.

Yeah, I belive this article. [/sarcasm]

[frankjr]

Is this part of the angry conservative's attack plan? /sarcasm...kind of.

(note: I have not made any decision on Miers either way. I am waiting for the confirmation hearings. But any news before then is helpful. I can weigh the importance on my own.)

[Dog Gone]

If you contribute to a PAC, you have no control over where that money goes. None.

[mountainfolk]

Anybody who thinks this type of donation is indicative of personal political persuasion needs to get involved in the real world of political campaigning. Think UNIONS. Government, teachers, trades, etc. Many contributions are made to both parties by the same entity and mean nothing more than it is the smart business thing to do. Lord, this digging for outrage is getting stupider by the minute.

[jwalsh07]

The PAC donated almost twice as much to republicans as democrats. Lies by omission are still lies. And the lying going on at FR is like nothing I've seen before.

[Cicero]

For what it's worth, I read about this contribution here several days ago, on one of the thousands of threads about Miers. Some blogger reported it somewhere, as I recall.

This report actually makes her look better, since it reveals that she contributed to the PAC that contributed to hillary's senate campaign. The earlier report said that she contributed personally.

OTOH, I find it peculiar that someone like Miers at the very top of her firm found it necessary to contribute and had no say over where the money went.

[A.Hun]

Wow, deja vue. I could swear I have seen this before....

[dc-zoo]

Truer words have never been said.

[Cicero]

To be fair, if this is a lie by omission, it's a Boston Herald lie. I'd be curious to see the whole list of what politicians the PAC donated to, and how many of them were out of state.

[jwalsh07]

Presented by the Federal Election Commission

Committees And Candidates Supported/Opposed

LOCKE LIDDELL & SAPP LLP PAC

Party: No Associated Party

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CONTRIBUTIONS
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[jwalsh07]

FYI, the Boston Herald is the conservative paper in Massachusetts.

[Cicero]

I know. I spent a great many years in Massachusetts. I was just saying that the way the article was written and the omission of facts was determined by the Tribune, not by the Freepers who posted or commented on it.

[jwalsh07]

Sorry, normally I would give the benefit of the doubt to members at FR. Not any more. I've seen this quoted and posted numerous times despite my posting exactly what I posted to you, the facts.

[Cicero]

Wow, it's a mixed bag. Everything from solid conservatives to Patty Murray, who strikes me as being much more egregious than hillary.

I suppose big firms have to do these things, but I must say I think the money would have been put to better use if they had taken it up and dropped it out of an airplane.

[longtermmemmory]

Law firm political donations really need to be examined.

How about donating to the Public Defender's office and then recieving court appointed conflic cases.

How about the law firm who gives raises to employees and then has those employees donate that exact amount to a campaign.

Law firm politics are an animal unto themselves. Perhaps CFR should have a special place just for law firm donations.

[jwalsh07]

What the list indicates is very simple, there is no ideology involved, they are spreading cheer and looking for a leg up on influence wherever and whenever possible.

But the relevance here at FR is that folks who try to tie Harriet Miers to Hillary Clinton through this garbage are not being honest.

Oppose her on the merits? Fine.

Slime her with innuendo and guilt by association? I want no part of it.

[AmericaUnited]

The PAC donated almost twice as much to republicans as democrats. Lies by omission are still lies. And the lying going on at FR is like nothing I've seen before.

It's as if the standards and behavior (such as truth, not being irrational, knee-jerk, mindless, liars) that separated us from the 'other guys' have totally vanished. Maybe all these people are deep-cover moles and plants that have all been shown the Queen of Diamonds...

[Cicero]

Your posting the complete list of candidates funded by the PAC is the kind of thing that makes FR helpful in analyzing the news. I've seldom seen things get so hot in here. The best way to deal with misleading news stories like this is to show them up on a factual basis, as you've done with that post.

There are, I think, a number of reasons to be doubtful about this nomination, and no doubt reasons to support it, but it's helpful if we can try to look at all the arguments analytically.