Bush Nominates Harriet Miers

President Bush nominated Harriet Miers to replace Sandra Day O'Conner on the USSC. She was Assistant to the President and Deputy Chief of Staff, and in November, 2004, she was named to be Counsel to the President to fill the position held by Judge Alberto Gonzales. She has no judicial experience, but neither did William Rehnquist when he was first appointed to the USSC.

Most recently, Harriet Miers served as Assistant to the President and Staff Secretary. Prior to that, she was Co-Managing Partner at Locke Liddell & Sapp, LLP. Previously, she was President of Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell, where she worked from 1972 until 1999. From 1995 until 2000, she was chair of the Texas Lottery Commission. In 1992, Harriet became the first woman president of the Texas State Bar, and in 1985 she became the first woman president of the Dallas Bar Association. She also served as a Member-At-Large on the Dallas City Council. Harriet received both her undergraduate and law degrees from Southern Methodist University.

Right Wing News did a special blogger poll on 9/25, and here are the results.

Blog	Who do you think Bush will choose>	If you were given the opportunity to make the pick, who would you choose?	Who are the choices you really hope Bush doesn't pick?
The Anchoress	Harriet Miers	Janice Rogers Brown	Alberto Gonzales
Balloon Juice	Michael W. McConnell	Emilio Garza, Michael Luttig	Janice Rogers Brown, Alberto Gonzales
Betsy's Page	Michael Luttig	Alice Batchelder, Emilio Garza	Alberto Gonzales, Harriet Miers
Captain's Quarters	Janice Rogers Brown, Michael Luttig	Alberto Gonzalez, Edith Hollan Jones	Edith Clement, Alberto Gonzales
Daily Pundit	Janice Rogers Brown, Alex Kozinski	Alberto Gonzales, Larry Thompson	Alberto Gonzales, Harriet Miers
IMAO	Mr. T, A special Unix command that compares laws to the Constitution	Priscilla Owen	Alberto Gonzales
JunkYardBlog	Miguel Estrada	Janice Rogers Brown	Alberto Gonzales and Harriet Miers
Patterico's Pontifications	Michael Luttig, Samuel Alito	Miguel Estrada, Michael W. McConnell	Alberto Gonzales
PoliPundit	Ann Coulter	Janice Rogers Brown, Michael W. McConnell	Alberto Gonzales
QandO	Janice Rogers Brown, Alex Kozinski	Edith Brown Clement, Michael W. McConnell	Alberto Gonzales
Red-State	Emilio Garza	Maura Corrigan, Julia Smith Gibbons	Alberto Gonzales, Priscilla Owen
Right Wing News	Janice Rogers Brown, Michael Luttig	Michael Luttig, Priscilla Owen	Alberto Gonzales, Harriet Miers
Sister Toldjah	Janice Rogers Brown, Priscilla Owen	Janice Rogers Brown	Alberto Gonzales, Harriet Miers
Villainous Company	Michael Luttig, Priscilla Owen	Michael Luttig, Karen Williams	Alberto Gonzales