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Transcript of Miers 14 page 1993 speech to Executive Women of Dallas (pdf format)
Washington Post ^ | 1993 | Harriet Miers

Posted on 10/26/2005 7:54:50 PM PDT by USAConstitution

...when you hear the Courts blamed for activism or intrusion where they do not belong...Stop and examine what the elected leadership has done to solve the problem at issue and whether abdication to courts to make the hard decisions is a not too prevalent tactic in today's world....

Where else do we hear a lot today about the Courts.[sic] The law and religion... Abortion clinic protestors have become synonymous with terrorists and the courts have been the refuge for the besieged... The ongoing debate continues surrounding the attempt to once again criminalize abortions or to once and for all guarantee the freedom of the individual women's right to decide for herself whether she will have an abortion. Questions about what can be taught or done in public places or public schools are presented frequently to the courts.

The law and religion make for interesting mixture but the mixture tends to evoke the strongest of emotions. The underlying theme in most of these case is the insistence of more self-determination. And the more I think about these issues, the more self-determination makes the most sense. Legislating religion or morality we gave up on a long time ago. Remembering that fact appears to offer the most effective solutions to these problems once the easier cases are disposed of... Where science determines the facts, the law can effectively govern. However, when science cannot determine the facts and decisions vary based upon religious belief, then government should not act...

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: harrietmiers; miers; scotus
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Here are the most eyebrow-raising comments from Harriet Miers' soon-to-be-infamous speech from 1993. Click HERE to get a copy of the full speech. You must have Adobe Reader to view it.

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1 posted on 10/26/2005 7:54:51 PM PDT by USAConstitution
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To: USAConstitution

Uh-oh.


2 posted on 10/26/2005 7:56:28 PM PDT by jdm
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To: TXBSAFH; Conservative Coulter Fan; Sam the Sham; Soul Seeker; TAdams8591; Pharmboy; Das Outsider; ..

ping!


3 posted on 10/26/2005 7:56:54 PM PDT by Stellar Dendrite ( Mike Pence for President!!! http://acuf.org/issues/issue34/050415pol.asp)
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To: USAConstitution
Wow.

I'm speechless.

4 posted on 10/26/2005 7:57:13 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: USAConstitution

Put a fork in her she's done.


5 posted on 10/26/2005 7:59:06 PM PDT by festus (The constitution may be flawed but its a whole lot better than what we have now.)
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To: NittanyLion

But you're still a sexist elitist DU'er

;-)


6 posted on 10/26/2005 7:59:34 PM PDT by Sometimes A River (Serving on a Meals-on-Wheels program is NOT a qualification for a SC nominee. Call your Senators!)
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To: USAConstitution

Trust, don't verify.


7 posted on 10/26/2005 8:00:59 PM PDT by AdamSelene235 (Truth has become so rare and precious she is always attended to by a bodyguard of lies.)
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To: USAConstitution

"protesters" do not equal terrorists, but bombers do.

If I have to read this damn speech one more time I'm gonna puke, but thinking that it's Charlie Rangel in your photo helps me to chuckle.


8 posted on 10/26/2005 8:01:01 PM PDT by Kryptonite (McCain, Graham, Warner, Snowe, Collins, DeWine, Chafee - put them in your sights)
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To: USAConstitution

I feel like I'm riding on the crest of a tsunami, which will hit the White House some time tomorrow.


9 posted on 10/26/2005 8:01:06 PM PDT by SerpentDove (If Miers is pro-life, why are Harry Reid, Ellen Goodman and Susan Estrich supporting her?)
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To: USAConstitution

OK, so what if all the Dems and Rinos vote for her... do conservatives filibuster?


10 posted on 10/26/2005 8:01:29 PM PDT by gondramB
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To: NittanyLion

"The law and religion make for interesting mixture but the mixture tends to evoke the strongest of emotions. "

The profundity of the profoundness in Harriet Miers profundity evokes in me the strongest of emotions. My beeber is now on stune.


11 posted on 10/26/2005 8:02:11 PM PDT by FastCoyote
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To: Common Tator

Is Miers still the best we can do?


12 posted on 10/26/2005 8:02:28 PM PDT by NittanyLion
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To: festus
Put a fork in her she's done.

I'm not so sure. Apparently Bush and his loyal supporters want to watch her cook a little while longer. Until she's charred, evidently.

13 posted on 10/26/2005 8:02:39 PM PDT by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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To: USAConstitution
"Abortion clinic protestors have become synonymous with terrorists"

Is it possible that she said that as though it's a bad thing, though? As in, abortion clinic protesters are getting a bad rap, being called terrorists? I'm against her nomination, by the way, but I'm not sure in what context that statement was made.
14 posted on 10/26/2005 8:03:31 PM PDT by jdm
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To: festus


15 posted on 10/26/2005 8:04:22 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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To: gondramB

No, because the WH knows how to turn the screws against Conservative Senators.

But when it comes to the RINO's, they claim there's nothing they can do, that the days of keeping the caucus in line are long gone.


16 posted on 10/26/2005 8:04:37 PM PDT by Sometimes A River (Serving on a Meals-on-Wheels program is NOT a qualification for a SC nominee. Call your Senators!)
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To: Stellar Dendrite
I see now that 45.1% of freepers are "traitors" like Jim Jeffords! [sarcasm tag for those who are not in on the joke]
17 posted on 10/26/2005 8:04:50 PM PDT by fallujah-nuker (Open Borders: The RINOcracy waging class warfare against America wage earners)
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To: Howlin; sinkspur

Still cheering for Miers?


18 posted on 10/26/2005 8:05:24 PM PDT by DC Ripper
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To: gondramB
OK, so what if all the Dems and Rinos vote for her... do conservatives filibuster?

We could, but I'm not sure there enough of 'em to actually succeed. We need 41 votes to do so.

19 posted on 10/26/2005 8:05:30 PM PDT by USAConstitution
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To: Incorrigible


20 posted on 10/26/2005 8:06:11 PM PDT by Incorrigible (If I lead, follow me; If I pause, push me; If I retreat, kill me.)
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