Harriet Miers Watch: Nominated by President Bush to Replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor

U.S. President George W. Bush (R) listens to remarks from Harriet Miers at the White House in Washington D.C. October 3, 2005. Bush had earlier nominated Miers to fill the vacancy in the U.S. Supreme Court. White House counsel Miers would replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor if she is confirmed by the U.S. Senate.

The ASSociated Press has High Court Nominee Has Never Been a Judge.

President Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court on Monday, turning to a lawyer who has never been a judge to replace
Sandra Day O’Connor and help reshape the nation’s judiciary.

“She has devoted her life to the rule of law and the cause of justice,” Bush said as his first Supreme Court pick, Chief Justice John Roberts, took the bench for the first time just a few blocks from the White House.

If confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate, Miers, 60, would join Justice
Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the second woman on the nation’s highest court and the third to serve there. Miers was the first woman to serve as president of the Texas State Bar and the Dallas Bar Association.

Flap is disappointed that the President did not appoint Federal Appeals Court Judge Priscilla Owen