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  • Miers' Position on Abortion Remains Murky (Now Claiming She *Didn't* Promise to Overturn)

    10/17/2005 11:33:55 PM PDT · by KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle · 28 replies · 734+ views
    The Mercury News ^ | 10/17/2005 | David Jackson and Allen Pusey
    WASHINGTON - (KRT) - Making the rounds Monday on Capitol Hill, Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers sought to clarify her judicial philosophy but may have wound up sowing more confusion about her views on abortion. Her position on the contentious topic appeared to gain some clarity when Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter, R-Pa., emerged from a nearly two-hour meeting with her, saying she'd affirmed a key underpinning of the Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion. But a short time later, his spokesman issued a statement saying the senator had misunderstood the nominee and that she had not taken...