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From: LindyBill10/12/2005 8:45:57 AM
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Illegal Maid, Maybe?
BENCH MEMOS BLOG
[Kathryn JEan Lopez 10/12 07:24 AM]

Also from that NYTimes piece:

"Everybody is hoping that something will happen on Miers, either that the president would withdraw her or she would realize she is not up to it and pull out while she has some dignity intact," a lawyer to a Republican committee member said.

I'm Not Laughing
[Kathryn Jean Lopez 10/12 07:20 AM]

From the Washington Times:

Staffers also said many of them chuckled over a biographical "pocket card" of talking points about Miss Miers that the White House distributed for use by any senator wishing to praise the nominee. "They had to double-space it," said one aide, laughing.

This Is Depressing
[Kathryn Jean Lopez 10/12 05:53 AM]

Form the Boston Globe:

Bruce Fein, an attorney and former Reagan administration aide who opposes Miers's nomination, said he thinks Miers is vulnerable to close questioning on Supreme Court cases. He predicted that it would be easy for senators to ''make a fool of Miers" by marching through constitutional cases and asking her to explain.

''If there is an intent to show that she just knows none of these things, I think they'll have to recess and see if there is a gracious way for her to withdraw," said Fein, who helped prepare Justice Sandra Day O'Connor for her confirmation hearing in 1981. ''I just can't imagine a nomination where a candidate is unable to answer 40 questions that someone with a reasonable immersion in constitutional history would have on the tip of their tongue. The Supreme Court isn't for on-the-job training."
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