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The last group President Bush thought he had to worry about opposing Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers was the Republican leadership on Capitol Hill. But it turns out the man most responsible for taking Miers down was an insider, the G.O.P.'s fourth-ranked Senator, Jon Kyl (rhymes with smile...
The year's successes--an energy bill, the highway bill, bankruptcy reform, a free-trade agreement--all came before the Category 5 bad news of the fall. But a well-received court nominee could help Bush turn the corner. He will be traveling to South America and Asia before the...
Following weeks of intense scrutiny and bruising criticism, Harriet Miers withdrew her nomination for Associate Supreme Court Justice last Thursday. She ultimately claimed that her withdrawal came as a result of the continuing pressure placed upon her to release her White House documents. More specifically, she expressed in her letter...
The nomination will be seen as a sop to conservatives, but they are thrilled to take it. A memo being circulated among conservatives asserts that Alito "has more federal judicial experience than 105 of the 109 Supreme Court Justices appointed in U.S. history." Progress for America, a self-described independent...
After what might have been the worst week of his Presidency, in which a key adviser was indicted, his Supreme Court nominee withdrew under fire from conservatives and the 2,000th U.S. soldier died in Iraq, George W. Bush is looking to move forward on a number of key issues...