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After Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination to the US Supreme Court in a letter to President Bush Thursday, Republican and Democratic Senators who had generally been lukewarm about her nomination and skeptical of her experience and...

AP is reporting that US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has withdrawn her nomination.9:15 AM ET - In a letter to President Bush Thursday, Miers withdrew her nomination , expressing concern that the confirmation...

JURIST Guest Columnist Scott Gerber of Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law says that although, in Harriet Miers, President Bush apparently put a premium on picking a Supreme Court nominee loyal to him, when the political chips were down...

Sen. Charles Schumer (D-NY) said Sunday that US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers , a longtime friend and legal counsel to President Bush, lacks the requisite votes to be approved by the Senate. Schumer's comments...

Retiring US Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor called for clearer rules regarding prisoner detention and interrogation during a speech at West Point Thursday. O'Connor said the situations at Abu Ghraib and Guantanamo Bay [JURIST...

US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers Tuesday will turn in her responses to a Senate Judiciary Committee questionnaire devised to reveal how she might rule on cases brought before the Supreme...

Republican and Democratic sources said Monday that Senate Republicans have proposed the week of November 7th to begin confirmation hearings for beleaguered US Supreme Court candidate Harriet Miers . Though Republicans are seeking a vote by the...

US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers will offer her first rebuttal to concerns over her qualifications Monday in answers to a Senate questionnaire on several topics, including judicial activism. White House...

The White House announced Friday that it will bring in former Texas Supreme Court justices to highlight the qualifications of Texas native and US Supreme Court associate justice nominee Harriet Miers ....

US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia commented Monday that the Supreme Court confirmation process was too politicized and that he would not want to experience it again. Scalia, when asked during an interview ...