Contrary to reports, Harriet Miers was not raised as a Catholic
https://www.catholicnews.com/data/stories/cns/0506006.htm
Conservatives who oppose a youth organization that supports abortion rights and acceptance of lesbians said Friday that Harriet Miers’ service with the Dallas chapter in 1987 had no bearing on her Supreme Court nomination.
https://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/bw-scotus/2005/oct/21/102108137.html
Miers to end her visits with senators
https://www.washtimes.com/national/20051020-083137-7609r.htm
Richard John Neuhaus writes:
I’ve been saying that Harriet Miers will not withdraw or be withdrawn, and will likely be confirmed, leaving us with no alternative to hoping for the best. Now I’m not so sure she will be confirmed. Facing the likely prospect of defeat in the Senate, she may decide to withdraw. Many conservatives are going over the top in their opposition to the nomination. At this point, Miers’ withdrawal seems to be more of a possibility and her confirmation less of a certainty
https://www.firstthings.com/
Courting Disaster? Why Many Conservatives Think That Someone So Right Could Be So Wrong
“When I first heard the announcement I was surprised and disappointed,” said Bernard Dobranski, dean of the Ave Maria School of Law in Ann Arbor, Michigan. “But then I thought, well, the president deserves the benefit of the doubt here, a presumption in his favor.” Dobranski also said, “This president has been very forthright in his commitment to life” particularly in his appointments of judges at the appellate level. “Brilliant men and women, absolutely committed to the Constitution and most with an explicit commitment to life.”
Miers panel to hear ‘explosive testimony’?
Gag order lifted for ex-lottery boss claiming Miers kept ‘lid’ on Bush Guard controversy
https://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=46964
Miers: The Only Exit Strategy – Charles Krauthammer
The idea that Bush is looking to appoint some kind of closet liberal David Souter or even some rudderless Sandra Day O’Connor clone is wildly off the mark. The president’s mistake was thinking he could sneak a reliable conservative past the liberal litmus tests (on abortion, above all) by nominating a candidate at once exceptionally obscure and exceptionally well known to him. The problem is that this strategy blew up in his face.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/10/20/AR2005102001635.html
Miers Nomination Faces New and Urgent Troubles
speculation mounting throughout the day that at least one conservative Republican senator had made an unsuccessful attempt at getting the White House to withdraw Ms. Miers’s name altogether. The Miers nomination might be the most catastrophic political miscalculation of the Bush presidency In picking Miers, the White House out-stealthed itself. The Bush team isn’t fully informed about its own nominee because the process of selecting her was so secretive.
https://www.nysun.com/article/21881
The Miers nomination pits a Swift Boat author against a Bush National Guard detractor—in reverse.
The politics of the Harriet Miers nomination are getting stranger as attention turns toward Ms. Miers’s tenure as head of the Texas Lottery Commission.
https://www.opinionjournal.com/diary/?id=110007431Â(Corrected Link)