The New Yorker this week included a Talk of the Town column about an interview with "Ms. Maybe-Our-Next-Female-SC-Justice!" herself, Harriet Miers.Talk of the Town: Let’s do word associations: "Constitution" -- what’s the first thing that comes to mind ( Read more... )

A letter to the editor in today's NYT makes an excellent point that hadn't occurred to me:To the Editor ( Read more... )

The Left Coaster has broken down all that is known (at least on the blogosphere) about Harriet Miers's qualifications, in 10 categories.

Things I didn't know:

• She only argued 4 cases in TX state courts in 30 years.
• Only 3 federal cases before the 5th Circuit in 30 years, and lost all 3.
• Her law firm is anti-union, and she personally worked with ( Read more... )

Harriet Miers's (fake) blog.

Very cute.

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A number of people, most of them non-law-students who therefore haven't discussed these things already in Con Law, have repeated to me the oft-bandied concern about Miers's lack of judicial experience.

FindLaw has compiled a list of all 42 Supreme Court justices who had no prior judicial experience, from Rutledge to Rehnquist. Just to make the ( Read more... )

As everyone now knows, Harriet Miers is Bush's nominee to replace O'Connor. Miers has no judicial experience - neither did Thomas, and O'Connor might not have either - but was the first female head of the TX State Bar and the first woman to make partner at a major TX law firm. She's also a longtime Bush confidant, and was his personal lawyer ( Read more... )