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Clinton's wavering on appointments also signifies a lack or organization. Why, after such problems sprang from the nominations of Zoe Baird and Judge Kimba Wood for Attorney General, didn't the Clinton team scrutinize its next choices more? If the press could find Stephen Breyer's "Zoe Baird Problem" and Lani Guinier's inflammatory writings within a week of the release of their names, why couldn't Clinton & Co.? The public's disillusionment with the president could come from his snatch-and-grab appointments as much as his programs...
...groups were nervously reviewing her position that the Roe v. Wade abortion-rights ruling was the right decision but based on the wrong grounds. Only two days before the President named Ginsburg, his aides told the press that he was almost certain to nominate Appeals Court Judge Stephen Breyer. Clinton's personal chemistry with the candidates -- he was cool to Breyer after they met but responded well to Ginsburg -- seemed to weigh heavily in his decision. Although Breyer told the Administration about the problem weeks before, his fate was sealed by news reports that he had neglected to pay Social...
...President set his sights on federal Appeals Judge Stephen Breyer, summoning him from Boston for Friday lunch at the White House and immediately boosting the jurist to front-runner status. But weekend reports that Breyer has a "Zoe Baird problem" clouded what had become a near certainty. As Breyer volunteered early on to the Administration, he had failed to pay almost $5,000 in Social Security taxes for an 81-year-old part-time domestic in his employ since 1980. Last February, even before Supreme Court Justice Byron White announced his retirement, Breyer paid up. Although White House aides maintained...
...White House continued to equivocate over its choice to fill the Supreme Court seat of Byron White. The President seemed ready to name federal Appeals Court Judge Stephen Breyer, with whom he had lunch on Friday afternoon. But after devoting most of his attention to weekend attacks against a Somali warlord, Clinton postponed his decision, saying he wanted to "reflect more." One possible reason: reports that Breyer has a "Zoe Baird problem" -- he failed to pay Social Security taxes for a domestic employee...
According to Circuit Executive Vincent Flanagan, Breyer is presently in Washington D.C. on unrelated business. The White House did not reply to repeated requests for comment