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...conspicuous rise to power of Harriet Miers, President Bush’s latest Supreme Court nominee, could leave any Harvard woman unnerved. If an ambitious female seeks professional success, must she really follow Miers’ path: no husband, no children, and fawning notes to the boss for his birthday...
...Harriet Miers represents the Dilemma of the 21st Century Woman, who better to weigh in on the dilemma than Miers’ most caustic critic, New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd? In her new book, “Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide,” Dowd grapples with (and documents) the conflicting demands of work, romance, and family, all against the backdrop of a less-than-hospitable cultural climate. As Dowd writes, “Feminism lasted for a nanosecond, but the backlash has lasted 40 years...
...danger; his presidency is hampered by a CIA leak investigation and trials that could cripple him for his remaining 39 months in office. Now the President can repair the breach with conservatives. They are likely to quickly forgive him this indiscretion. And he will, at the very least, have Harriet Miers, his sweet, amiable and able friend just down the hall to help...
...days before Harriet Miers suddenly withdrew her nomination to be an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, one of President Bush's leading allies on judicial nominations was moaning at a Washington party about the President's pick to replace Sandra Day O'Connor. "It's a disaster," he said. "I don't understand...
...departure of Harriet Miers-the first Supreme Court nomination to be withdrawn under duress (John Roberts withdrew from consideration as Associate Justice so he could be nominated to replace William Rehnquist as Chief Justice) since Judge Douglas Ginsburg was dropped over marijuana use in 1987-is a huge embarrassment to a White House that prides itself on its political savvy and keeping its base happy. Conservatives who had long pushed for a judge whose views matched their own were furious when Bush thanked them by presenting a nominee whose positions were unknown to say the least and whose qualifications...