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...people most familiar with her legal instincts did not provide much reassurance. "My theory is that she is going to be a Justice very much like Sandra Day O'Connor," says Gary Rice, in words that might cheer moderates but spook anyone looking for someone with a weed whacker who will go after liberal rulings of the past 30 years. "If she moves the law, it will be in small steps. She won't be one to say, 'Let's just throw all that out and do something different.'" One of the most intriguing insights into the Real Harriet Miers...
SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, 75 After wielding a powerful swing vote for 24 years on the Supreme Court, the first female Justice still loves to golf
...pretty excited about the fact that we have so many new members coming in,” said Connor C. Wilson ’07, a new representative from Adams House. “I’m hoping that this is a significant year in the UC’s history, and that [we will] really change the way the UC does business...
President Bush, who prides himself on boldness, went with safety for his second Supreme Court nomination. Harriet Ellan Miers -now the White House counsel, and named Monday morning to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor-was commended by several Democratic senators during the President's consultation process. "If there is a fight to be had, it will be from the right," says a Republican Senate aide. "The left has been disarmed...
...Roberts had when he went through the nomination process, which may make her an even easier sell to the Senate. "She will be very hard to oppose," a Republican strategist said. "Bush seems to be saying, 'I dare you.'" The official Republican talking points say: "Like Justice O'Connor, throughout her career, Ms. Miers has been a female trailblazer." She is single, and Republicans are emphasizing her closeness to her family and her community involvement-plus her "strong voice in the American Bar Association," which is sometimes shunned by conservatives...