Harriet Miers

Was Alberto Gonzales Vindicated or Did Our Democracy Dodge a Bullet?

Judge H. Lee Sarokin | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, U.S. Attorney Firings, Dannehy Report, Sen. Domenici, Nora Dannehy, Justice Dept., Monica Goodling, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News

Integrity is what is needed in our top law enforcement officials, and that is what was so lacking in Alberto Gonzales. The Dannehy report as vindication? I think not.

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Why This Liberal Filmmaker Loves the Conservative Most Liberals Hate

David Van Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Harriet Miers, Manuel Miranda, Politics News

Liberals may soon face their own "Miers moment." Pres. Obama, like Bush at the time of the Miers nomination, is down in the polls and reportedly wary of a confirmation fight.

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CIA Waterboarding Video Destroyed: Porter Goss Agreed With Decision To Destroy Interrogation Tapes

AP | MATT APUZZO and ADAM GOLDMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Abu Zubaydah, Cia, White House, Waterboarding, CIA Interrogation, CIA Interrogation Tapes, CIA Interrogation Video, CIA Tapes, CIA Video, Justice Department, Aclu, American Civil Liberties Union, Harriet Miers, John Rizzo, Torture, CIA Torture, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Internal CIA e-mails show the former agency head, Porter Goss, agreed with a top aide's 2005 decision to destroy videotapes of the ...

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David Frum, AEI: Frum Explains His Dismissal, Responds To Charles Murray

FrumForum | March 26th, 2010 at 6:35 Pm by David Frum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Politics, Aei, Arthur Brooks, Harriet Miers, Liz Cheney, Washington DC, Charles Murray, American Enterprise Institute, Think Tank, Danielle Frum, David Frum, Politics News

After my dismissal from AEI Thursday, I posted in this space my letter of resignation. I declined television interviews, but I did speak to print jour...

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Former U.S. Attorney Condemns Bush White House Interference With Renzi Probe

Murray Waas | Posted 07.01.2011

Read More: US Attorneys Scandal, Harriet Miers Rick Renzi, Miers Renzi, Harriet Miers, US Attorneys Docs, Rick Renzi, Politics News

As chronicled in a series of White House e-mails published Tuesday, Harriet Miers pressed a Justice Department official to issue a statement that would vindicate Rep. Rick Renzi.

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Harriet Miers' Ghost Haunts McConnell, Republicans

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Mitch McConnell, Miers Ghost, Mcconnell Kagan, Mcconnell Dependence, Bush Miers, Harriet Miers, Politics News

Congressional Republican leadership opened up a new line of attack on Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan Wednesday. But once again, the ghost of Harrie...

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The Supreme Court and 2010

Karen Finney | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Judicial Activism, Harriet Miers, President Obama, Obama, Senate Confirmation, Elena Kagan, Elena Kagan Supreme Court, Politics News

While most on Capitol Hill are admitting that Solicitor General Elena Kagen will likely be confirmed, both sides are still gearing up for a new round in the culture wars.

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Gibbs: 'I Have A Hard Time Understanding' The Kagan-Miers Analogy

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Elana Kagan, Robert Gibbs, Miers Kagan, Gibbs Supreme Court, Harriet Miers, Scotus Nomination, Court Pick, Kagan Supreme Court, Kagan Nomination, Politics News

The Obama administration is working to put an early end to the notion that the president's nominee for the Supreme Court, Elena Kagan, resembles in an...

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Renzi's Lawyers Argue Bush DOJ Leaked Info For Political Gain On Eve Of Election

Talking Points Memo | Justin Elliott | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Rick Renzi, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, Doj, Partisan Politics, George W. Bush, Politics News

We now have the lawyers of a former Republican Congressman arguing that the Bush Administration encouraged the Justice Department to leak information ...

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Rove Deposed By Conyers Under Cloud of Secrecy and Harriet Meiers Was Deposed Last Month

Rob Kall | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Bush Executive Privilege, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, House Judiciary Committee, Politics News

The goal of the deposition was to probe further into the firing of nine US attorneys. Previously, the Bush White House, claiming executive privilege, had blocked any questioning.

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Where Are They Now?

Nick Turse | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove, Tom Ridge, Scott Mcclellan, Andrew Card, Michael Mukasey, Donald Rumsfeld, Ari Fleischer, John Yoo, Dick Cheney, Michael Chertoff, Bush Administration, Harriet Miers, Tommy Thompson, Henry Paulson, John Ashcroft, Karen Hughes, Alberto Gonzales, Politics News

While times are tough for most Americans, one group is doing remarkably well. For former members of the Bush administration, the economic outlook remains bright and jobs are seemingly plentiful.

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Polls: Sotomayor Loved By Public

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harriet Miers, Sotomayor Gallup, Public Opinion Polls, Sotomayor Rasmussen, Sotomayor, Gallup Polls, Politics News

The early public response to Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor is strong. President Obama's choice for the bench is receiving polling numbers comp...

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Hell Never Looked So Good: Sotomayor A Solid Choice for High Court

C. Nicole Mason | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Latinos, Supreme Court, Harriet Miers, Latino Voters, Women's Issues, People of Color, Sonia Sotomayor, Hillary Clinton, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Barack Obama, Politics News

Shortly after Obama's win, I heard someone lament that this country is going to hell in a hand basket. Well if this is hell, give me a tall glass of ice water.

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Conservative Calls Sotomayor "Obama's Harriet Miers"

Think Progress | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Sotomayor Intellect, Harriet Miers, Jeffery Rosen, Sonia Sotomayor, Obama Supreme Court Nominee, Politics News

When the media began floating Circuit Court Judge Sonia Sotomayor as a possible Supreme Court nominee, one of the first comprehensive articles to come...

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In Choosing Souter's Replacement, Obama Should Follow the Lead of... George W. Bush?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Collective Bargaining, Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, Al Franken, George W. Bush, President Obama, Activist Judges, David Souter, Clarence Thomas, Harriet Miers, Campaign Finance Reform, Sandra Day O'Connor, Conservatives, George H.W. Bush, Partial Birth Abortion, Antitrust, William Rehnquist, Judge Henry Friendly, William O. Douglas, Antonin Scalia, d.c. Handgun Ban, John Roberts, Hank Aaron, Barack Obama, Conservative Activist Judges, Exclusionary Rule, Jimmy Carter, Samuel Alito, Bipartisanship, Anthony Kennedy, Republicans, Politics News

If George W. Bush was able to influence the Court for the next 20 years, Obama certainly should do the same.

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Karl Rove, Sarah Palin and Tim Griffin Walk Into a Bar...

Shannyn Moore | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John Conyers, Ben Ginsberg, Anglo-American-Mining-Company-Alaska, Alaska, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, Tim Griffin, Pebble Mine, Sarah Palin, Mercury Public Affairs, Don Young, US Attorney Firings, Swift Boat Veterans, Bristol Bay, Politics News

Why did Karl Rove's right-hand man and special assistant to George W. Bush, under Congressional investigation for felony vote caging, come to Alaska over 20 times last year?

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Karl Rove, Harriet Miers To Testify Before House Judiciary Committee

AP | NEDRA PICKLER | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Karl Rove and House Judiciary, Karl Rove, Harriet Miers, Karl Rove Testimony, Karl Rove Attorney Firings, John Conyers, Politics News

WASHINGTON — Former top Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers agreed Wednesday to testify before Congress under oath about the firings of U.S. ...

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Bush Punk'd Us Again

David Latt | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bush Administration, Bush Pardons, Karl Rove, Miers Immunity, Rove Immunity, Harriet Miers, David Latt, Politics News

On January 20th, when Obama was inaugurated as our 44th president, we took a collective breath and relaxed -- apparently George Bush really didn't believe in granting pardons. Think again.

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Harry Reid, Punk'd By Blago Over Burris, Rejects The Rule Of Law

Jane Hamsher | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harry Reid, Roland Burris, Joe Lieberman, Karl Rove, Democratic Caucus, Harriet Miers, Rod Blagojevich, Politics News

How does it look now that Reid is manipulating Senate procedure to exclude Burris, but simply shrugged his shoulders over Samuel Alito, warrantless wiretapping and the Military Commissions Act?

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How Nice Is It to Finally Have a Smart President?

Mitchell Bard | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: President-Elect Barack Obama, Michael Brown, Valerie Jarrett, Bill Maher, Harriet Miers, US Auto Industry, Monica Goodling, Obama Press Conference, Anti-Intellectualism, George Monbiot, George W. Bush, Oil, Alberto Gonzales, Barack Obama, President Obama, Politics News

At Obama's press conference, the tone and thoughts on the problems facing the country were of a level we haven't seen since the Bush brood took over the White House.

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It Was About Stupid, Stupid

Larry Gellman | Posted 05.25.2011

Many McCain apologists have suggested that the meltdown in the stock market over the last month doomed his campaign. That assessment seems far too friendly.

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Bolton, Miers Win Delay For Congressional Testimony

AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Josh Bolton, Harriet Miers, US Attorneys Scandal, Alberto Gonzales, Alberto Gonzales and Fired US Attorneys, Politics News

WASHINGTON — A federal appeals court on Monday rejected House Democrats' demands to force two of President Bush's top aides to cooperate with an...

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Is McCain Getting Set to Dump Palin?

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: John McCain, Harriet Miers, Joe Biden, Samuel Alito Jr, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, Election, Republicans, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News

Deja vu all over again. Sarah Palin/Harriet Miers. The names are interchangeable. And just like Bush did in replacing Miers, McCain will quickly replace her with someone who'll really get conservatives excited.

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"Grandma Sarah:" The Gift that Keeps on Giving -- McCain's Veep Continues to Sink his Campaign

Andy Ostroy | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harriet Miers, John McCain, Joe Biden, Limbaugh, Democrats, Sarah Palin, Barack Obama, November Election, Republicans, Hannity, Sarah Palin Reaction, Politics News

This ticket is coming apart at the seams. It was McCain's birthday last week, but he gave the Democrats one giant gift in Palin.

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Sarah Palin = Harriet Miers

Bryan Young | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sarah Palin Vp, Harriet Miers, Sarah Palin Running Mate, George W. Bush, Mccain's Vice President Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin, Sarah Palin Vice President, Sarah Palin Reaction, John McCain, Politics News

The best I can come up with is that McCain is hoping that some horrible tragedy will befall Palin, enabling him to pick Joe Lieberman as his running-mate.

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