Posted on 10/17/2005 10:32:51 PM PDT by indianrightwinger
Republicans Push for Nov. 7 Start For Miers' Confirmation Hearings Associated Press October 17, 2005 11:40 p.m.
WASHINGTON -- At the White House, President Bush began a third week of trying to stem criticism from conservatives that he picked a crony without necessary qualifications for the court.
The president met with six former Texas supreme court justices who traveled to Washington to serve as character witnesses for Ms. Miers, a 60-year-old former private practice lawyer who is currently White House chief counsel. "They're here to send a message ... that the person I picked to take (retiring Justice) Sandra Day O'Connor's place is not only a person of high character and of integrity, but a person who can get the job done," said Mr. Bush.
Senate Republicans hope to begin hearings on Ms. Miers' nomination during the week of Nov. 7, with a vote in the Judiciary Committee the following week and the full Senate before Thanksgiving, according to officials in both parties. Sen. Arlen Specter, (R., Pa.) is expected to announce a schedule as early as Tuesday, after first conferring with the senior Democrat on the panel, Sen. Patrick Leahy of Vermont.
The abortion issue hangs over Ms. Miers' nomination much as it did over the appointment of Chief Justice John Roberts earlier this year. The situations are different however -- Roberts replaced the late William Rehnquist, who voted to overturn the 1973 ruling. Ms. Miers would succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who has voted to uphold it.
Additionally, Mr. Roberts won a ready embrace from conservatives, given a resume that included stints in three separate Republican administrations as well as two years as a federal appeals court judge.
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"I don't want to be complicit in another Souter or another Kennedy," said Sen. George Allen, (R., Va.),
Well, I see one NO vote.
John Hill Jr., who was a Texas Supreme Court justice in the 1980s, and was a senior partner with the same Texas law firm as Ms. Miers, said: "I would trust her with my wife and my life."
Strange quote. What does he mean by --- Trust Miers with his wife -----?
I think it means if he's wrong, you can take his wife... Probably the correct quote should be:
"I would trust her with my wife OR my life."
Not quite sure how that fits into the present controversy. Anyone could trust Souter with their wife..
lol
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