Posted on October 27th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Senator Ted Kennedy has more experience in the Judiciary Committee than any of the others members. His statement on the Miers’ withdrawal today, speaks of that experience. The WaPo noted that Senator Kennedy “urged Bush to find a compromise candidate that members of both parties could support.” From TedKennedy.com: “The Harriet Miers confirmation process has [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
In a speech on Wednesday in Tehran, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said “there is no doubt that the new wave (of attacks) in Palestine will wipe off this stigma (Israel) from the face of the Islamic world.” His comments at a conference called “The World without Zionism, ” drew “widespread international condemnations.” Israel has called [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
The Miers nomination to the Supreme Court has been noted by the WaPa as one of the most contentious in recent years. The following is a statement from John Kerry on the withdrawal of Harriet Miers’ nomination to the Supreme Court: “Caught up in a wave of scandal and concerns about the war in Iraq, [...]
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Posted on October 27th, 2005 by Pamela Leavey
Harriet Meirs withdrew this as nominee for the Supreme Court. Her nomination seemed ill-fated from the start, with little support from both sides of the Senate. The WaPo reports that Miers in the “press and the blogosphere, Miers was becoming an object of ridicule.” The following is a statement from Senator Dianne Feinstein on her [...]
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