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Bush predicts Miers will be confirmed
Oct 7 2005 9:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush predicted Friday that the Senate would confirm Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, even as a Republican senator said she had much work left to ensure that outcome. A former Republican nominee called her nomination "a disaster."
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Breyer offers advice to top court nominees
Oct 7 2005 6:50PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer says new members should not be daunted by the institution, sharing advice he received when he arrived: Listen before talking, then judge independently.
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Patriot Act appeal fails at Supreme Court
Oct 7 2005 6:49PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Connecticut libraries lost an emergency Supreme Court appeal on Friday in their effort to be freed from a gag order and participate in a congressional debate over the Patriot Act.
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Miers urged Bush to overrule legislature
Oct 7 2005 2:38PM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush praises Harriet Miers as an opponent of legislating from the judicial bench, but as a corporate lawyer she lobbied then-Gov. Bush to let the Texas high court rather than the Legislature decide if attorney fees should be limited.
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Santorum says little on Miers nomination
Oct 7 2005 3:17AM (CT)
WASHINGTON (AP) - Sen. Rick Santorum, a typically outspoken conservative Republican leader in a tough bid for re-election next year, is keeping quiet on Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.
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