<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Harriet Miers: News &amp; Videos about Harriet Miers - CNN.com</title><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Harriet_Miers</link><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Harriet Miers from CNN.com.</description><language>en-us</language><copyright>Cable News Network LP, LLLP.</copyright><pubDate>Sun, 08 Nov 2009 19:59:07 GMT</pubDate><ttl>5</ttl><image><title>Harriet Miers: News &amp; Videos about Harriet Miers - CNN.com</title><url>http://i.cdn.turner.com//cnn/2009/POLITICS/08/11/us.attorneys/tztop.karl.rove.gi.jpg</url><link>http://topics.cnn.com/topics/feeds/rss/Harriet_Miers</link><width>144</width><height>33</height><description>Find stories, videos, and photos about Harriet Miers from CNN.com.</description></image><item><title>House panel releases Rove, Miers documents</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/11/us.attorneys/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/08/11/us.attorneys/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>White House e-mails and transcripts of closed-door interviews with former Bush aides Karl Rove and Harriet Miers reveal involvement as early as May 2005 by Rove's office in the 2006 firings of nine U.S. attorneys.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Aug 2009 01:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>8 nominees who didn't go to the Supreme Court</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/07/14/mf.supreme.court.rejections/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/LIVING/wayoflife/07/14/mf.supreme.court.rejections/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>From the moment Justice David Souter announced he'd be stepping down, Washington has been gearing up for a confirmation fight. But as Senator Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) told Judge Sonia Sotomayor yesterday, "Unless you have a complete meltdown, you are going to get confirmed."</description><pubDate>Wed, 15 Jul 2009 13:46:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rove, Miers agree to questioning about U.S. attorney firings</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/04/congress.justice/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/03/04/congress.justice/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former White House political adviser Karl Rove and counsel Harriet Miers have agreed to face questions from Congress about allegations of improper political influence in the Justice Department, the House Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 05 Mar 2009 00:22:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>For now, Miers and Bolten don't have to face Congress</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/06/court.miers/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/06/court.miers/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and President Bush's current Chief of Staff Josh Bolten do not have to cooperate -- at least this year -- with a congressional committee investigating the firings of U.S. Attorneys, a three-judge federal appeals panel in Washington ruled Monday.</description><pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 00:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Justice: Special prosecutor to have free rein</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/04/fired.prosecutors/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/04/fired.prosecutors/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The new special prosecutor who will investigate the 2006 firings of eight U.S. attorneys will be given virtually complete independence, the Justice Department said Friday.</description><pubDate>Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House aides not immune from subpoenas, judge says</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/31/congress.contempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/07/31/congress.contempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Congress can force White House aides to testify under subpoena, a U.S. District Court ruled Thursday, rejecting Bush administration claims of immunity.</description><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2008 17:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House panel sues to try to make Bolten, Miers talk</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/10/house.contempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/03/10/house.contempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The House Judiciary Committee on Monday filed a lawsuit against White House Chief of Staff Joshua Bolten and former White House counsel Harriet Miers aimed at forcing them to provide information about the firings of nine U.S. attorneys.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 19:19:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Attorney general declines to investigate Bush advisers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/29/congress.attorneys/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/29/congress.attorneys/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey Friday said he will not ask a federal grand jury to investigate whether two top Bush administration officials should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.</description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 02:08:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House speaker seeks grand jury probe of 2 Bush aides</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/28/congress.usattorneys/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/28/congress.usattorneys/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>House Speaker Nancy Pelosi on Thursday requested that a federal grand jury be appointed to investigate whether a top White House official and former official should be prosecuted for contempt of Congress.</description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:33:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>House targets Bush aides; GOP stages walkout</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/house.contempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/02/14/house.contempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The House voted Thursday to hold White House Chief of Staff Josh Bolten and former White House lawyer Harriet Miers in contempt in its probe of the 2006 firings of U.S. attorneys.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2008 22:45:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Justice, CIA to probe destruction of taped  interrogations</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/08/cia.videotapes/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/law/12/08/cia.videotapes/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The Justice Department and the CIA will jointly investigate the destruction of videotapes of CIA interrogations of two al Qaeda suspects, a top official said.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Dec 2007 01:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Biden: Special Counsel in Tape Case</title><link>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1692986,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</link><guid>http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1692986,00.html?xid=feed-cnn-topics</guid><description>A Senate Democratic leader said Sunday the attorney general should appoint a special counsel to investigate the CIA's destruction of videotaped interrogations of two suspected terrorists</description><pubDate>Sun, 09 Dec 2007 17:00:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Dems continue executive privilege fight into recess</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/09/democrats.subpoenas.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/09/democrats.subpoenas.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>Though Congress is on vacation, majority Democrats are keeping alive various fights with the White House with one common thread: Congress' access to administration documents and testimony to which President Bush has claimed executive privilege.</description><pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House invokes executive privilege for Rove in attorney firings </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/01/attorney.firings/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/08/01/attorney.firings/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The White House has invoked executive privilege to keep President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, from having to testify Thursday about the firings of at least eight U.S. 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subpoenas for their testimony.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 09:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House inches toward constitutional showdown with contempt vote</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/25/house.contempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/07/25/house.contempt/index.html#cnnSTCText</guid><description>The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to cite two White House aides -- one current, one former -- for contempt of Congress, another step toward a constitutional showdown between the Democratic-controlled Congress and the Bush administration.</description><pubDate>Wed, 25 Jul 2007 08:21:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House officials subpoenaed in U.S. attorneys probe</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/13/us.attorneys.subpoenas/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/06/13/us.attorneys.subpoenas/index.html</guid><description>Subpoenas are being issued to two former White House officials, the first to be subpoenaed in the fired U.S. attorneys investigation.</description><pubDate>Wed, 13 Jun 2007 14:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Senators come up short on Rove smoking gun</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/29/usattorneys.rove/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/29/usattorneys.rove/index.html</guid><description>Democrats on the Senate Judiciary Committee may have spent Thursday grilling Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff, but many of their questions were directed at a man not even in the room -- Karl Rove.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Ex-Gonzales aide agrees to testify under oath</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/23/us.attorneys.firings/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/23/us.attorneys.firings/index.html</guid><description>Kyle Sampson, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales' former chief of staff, has agreed to testify under oath before the Senate Judiciary Committee on the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, his lawyer said in a letter to the committee chairman Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2007 20:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gap in Justice, White House e-mails raises questions</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/21/attorneys.email.gap/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/21/attorneys.email.gap/index.html</guid><description>A 16-day gap in e-mail records  between the Justice Department and the White House concerning the firing of U.S. attorneys last year has attracted the attention of congressional investigators.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dobbs: 'Showdown' really a battle of partisan buffoons   </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/21/dobbs.March22/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/21/dobbs.March22/index.html</guid><description>An incompetent attorney general, who says he wasn't fully aware that nearly 10 percent of the U.S. attorneys who work for him throughout the country were being fired and permitted the 110,000-person Justice Department that he leads to give inaccurate information at best, or simply lie about it at worst, to the Congress and the American people, has the full confidence of the president who's lost the confidence of most people.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:17:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House panel defies Bush, votes for subpoenas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/21/us.attorneys.firings/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/21/us.attorneys.firings/index.html</guid><description>House Democrats voted Wednesday to give their leaders the authority to force White House officials to testify on the firings of U.S. attorneys.</description><pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 08:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush ready to fight lawmakers on U.S. attorney 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handling of dismissals</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/18/gonzales.apology/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/18/gonzales.apology/index.html</guid><description>Amid growing calls for his resignation, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales apologized to the nation's U.S. attorneys for his handling of the firings of eight people who used to hold the position, according to a Justice Department spokesman.</description><pubDate>Sun, 18 Mar 2007 23:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Loyalty to Bush may not be enough to save Gonzales</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/16/schneider.gonzales/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/16/schneider.gonzales/index.html</guid><description>In the midst of a mushrooming controversy over the firings of eight U.S. attorneys, the question of whether Attorney General Alberto Gonzales can hang on to his job is now front and center in Washington -- creating a possibly thorny dilemma for his boss, President Bush.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 22:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House panel plans vote on White House subpoenas</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/16/fired.attorneys/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/16/fired.attorneys/index.html</guid><description>The House Judiciary Committee will vote on whether to subpoena current and former White House officials over the firings of federal prosecutors, the panel's chairman said Friday.</description><pubDate>Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Rove, Gonzales discussed firings, e-mails show</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/15/attorneys.rove/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/15/attorneys.rove/index.html</guid><description>Newly revealed White House e-mails show President Bush's top political adviser, Karl Rove, and then-White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales were involved in discussions of a shakeup of U.S. attorneys before Gonzales became attorney general.</description><pubDate>Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:07:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toobin: Not telling straight story a big part of firestorm</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/14/otsc.toobin/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/14/otsc.toobin/index.html</guid><description>Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday that "mistakes were made" in the dismissals of several federal prosecutors, but rejected Democrats' calls for his resignation on the same day that his chief of staff stepped down.</description><pubDate>Wed, 14 Mar 2007 04:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>E-mails lay out plan to dismiss U.S. attorneys</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/13/fired.emails/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/13/fired.emails/index.html</guid><description>An e-mail from the Justice Department's Kyle Sampson in March 2005 laid out a simple formula for evaluating whether the 93 U.S. attorneys should stay or go.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 21:13:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Gonzales explanation of firings called 'sorry excuse'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/13/fired.attorneys/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/03/13/fired.attorneys/index.html</guid><description>Attorney General Alberto Gonzales said Tuesday "mistakes were made" regarding the firing of eight U.S. attorneys and he accepts responsibility for the ordeal.</description><pubDate>Tue, 13 Mar 2007 16:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>GOP's 'Declaration of Independence'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/24/schneider.ports/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/02/24/schneider.ports/index.html</guid><description>Republicans in Congress have had their differences with President Bush before.</description><pubDate>Fri, 24 Feb 2006 16:24:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Greenfield: Bush plays to his strengths</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/greenfield.sotu/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/01/31/greenfield.sotu/index.html</guid><description>Forget the proposal -- a repeat of one he made three years ago -- to move toward hydrogen-powered automobiles, an idea that might blossom into reality around 2020 and does nothing before then to reduce America's junkie-like addiction to fossil fuel.</description><pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 04:21:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Political Plays of the Year</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/30/schneider.roundup/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/30/schneider.roundup/index.html</guid><description>Before auld acquaintance is forgot, let's bring to mind the political Plays of the Year, for auld lang syne.</description><pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2005 23:40:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>2005's legal highlights -- and lowlights</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/29/coffey.best/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/12/29/coffey.best/index.html</guid><description>Miami lawyer Kendall Coffey, a former U.S. attorney and frequent CNN guest analyst, takes a wry look at the best and worst the legal world had to offer in 2005.</description><pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2005 16:48:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Worries about ethics</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/06/novak.ethics/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/06/novak.ethics/index.html</guid><description>Worried Republican leaders from both the House and Senate cleared out staffers Wednesday for the first night of their three-day retreat on the Eastern Shore of Maryland to discuss their anxiety about the question of ethics.</description><pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2005 15:10:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Specter: Alito said he will respect abortion precedents</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/02/specter.alito/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/02/specter.alito/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito had a private meeting with the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee on Friday as he sought to reassure lawmakers that he would respect legal precedent on abortion rights and put his personal views aside.</description><pubDate>Fri, 02 Dec 2005 19:29:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll: Americans back abortion limits, oppose ban</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/27/abortion.poll/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/11/27/abortion.poll/index.html</guid><description>Roughly two-thirds of the people questioned in a recent poll on abortion supported parental and spousal notification but opposed a constitutional amendment to ban the practice altogether.</description><pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2005 01:07:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Unqualified? Not You! </title><link>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/11/14/8360710/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune_archive/2005/11/14/8360710/index.htm</guid><description>I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, BUT I FEEL very sad for Harriet Miers. She got so close to a really good job, one that would quite literally have set her up for life, and then poof! There it went. No can d...</description><pubDate>Mon, 14 Nov 2005 05:01:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush disappointed by Alito hearings schedule</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/04/alito/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/04/alito/index.html</guid><description>President Bush -- who had wanted an up-or-down vote on his Supreme Court nominee, Samuel Alito, by the end of the year -- said Friday he was disappointed that hearings on his nominee will not begin until January.</description><pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2005 16:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Alito hearings to begin in January</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/03/alito/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/03/alito/index.html</guid><description>Confirmation hearings are to begin in January for Samuel Alito, President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court seat held by retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 03 Nov 2005 22:09:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>A time to regroup</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/bush.regroup.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/bush.regroup.tm/index.html</guid><description>You have to wonder sometimes why Presidents even run for re-election, given how things usually turn out. Second terms have a way of veering into wild and menacing terrain, spiked with indictments and scandals and betrayal and grief. Some friends become less friendly because they know you are on your way to retirement while they are on their way to the next campaign. Your team gets tired, the ideas stale, and the fumes of power more toxic.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 20:55:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Enough to give hypocrisy a bad name</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/scotus.hypocrisy/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/scotus.hypocrisy/index.html</guid><description>One reason I like people who run for political office is that, unlike most of us who go to great lengths to avoid even the slightest snub, candidates willingly risk very public rejection.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:56:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Key GOP senator calls Alito 'solid pick'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/dewine.alito/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/11/01/dewine.alito/index.html</guid><description>While Republicans and Democrats geared up for a potential confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito, one moderate GOP senator said Democrats didn't have the necessary ammunition to shoot down the nomination.</description><pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2005 18:39:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Business will support Alito</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news/economy/alito_nomination/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/31/news/economy/alito_nomination/index.htm</guid><description>Political observers are bracing for a firestorm with President Bush's most recent nomination to the Supreme Court, but business groups are likely to back the candidate hailed for his staunchly conservative record.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 14:26:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush nominates Alito to Supreme Court</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/31/scotus.bush/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/31/scotus.bush/index.html</guid><description>Conservatives lauded President Bush on Monday for his choice of Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court, while liberals signaled a contentious confirmation hearing is ahead for the nominee.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 08:06:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Officials: Bush set to name nominee</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/30/scotus.bush/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/30/scotus.bush/index.html</guid><description>President Bush is expected Monday to name his nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor, who is retiring from the U.S. Supreme Court, senior administration officials told CNN Sunday.</description><pubDate>Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:03:00 EST</pubDate></item><item><title>Conservatives look past Miers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/28/scotus.next/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/28/scotus.next/index.html</guid><description>As the White House turns its attention to finding a new Supreme Court nominee, conservative activists relieved at Harriet Miers' withdrawal are  vowing to oppose President Bush's next nominee unless the candidate has solid conservative credentials.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 06:36:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll mixed on Miers' withdrawal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/poll.miers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/poll.miers/index.html</guid><description>Americans surveyed in a national poll Thursday expressed mixed feelings about White House counsel Harriet Miers' withdrawal as a nominee for the Supreme Court.</description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Oct 2005 01:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Activists react to Miers' withdrawal </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/miers.activists.reax/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/miers.activists.reax/index.html</guid><description>Following are brief statements Thursday in reaction to the withdrawal of Harriet Miers as President Bush's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court:</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 16:16:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>King: President 'at war with his own party'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/king/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/king/index.html</guid><description>The withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers followed weeks of criticism from some of Bush's supporters, who wanted a nominee with a clear conservative record.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 14:32:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Toobin: 'Almost as if senators were baiting her'</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/Toobin/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/Toobin/index.html</guid><description>President Bush's choice for Supreme Court justice nominee, Harriet Miers, withdrew from consideration Thursday -- a nominee who had come under fire from both conservatives and liberals.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:57:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush statement on Miers' withdrawal</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/bush.statement/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/bush.statement/index.html</guid><description>Following is a statement by President Bush released Thursday on his acceptance of Harriet Miers' withdrawal as a Supreme Court nominee:</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lawmakers react to Miers' withdrawal </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/miers.reax/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/miers.reax/index.html</guid><description>Following are brief statements Thursday in reaction to the withdrawal of Harriet Miers as President Bush's nominee for the U.S. Supreme Court:</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:44:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Documents, backlash doomed nomination</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/miers.reasons/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/miers.reasons/index.html</guid><description>Harriet Miers took her name out of consideration for the Supreme Court on Thursday amid a brewing showdown over White House documents. But some lawmakers and observers suggest that the impasse was simply the most graceful exit possible for a floundering nominee.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 13:41:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Miers withdraws Supreme Court nomination</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/miers.nominations/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/27/miers.nominations/index.html</guid><description>President Bush on Thursday accepted the withdrawal of Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers after weeks of opposition from both liberals and conservatives, who questioned her qualifications and record.</description><pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2005 12:56:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bernanke to head Fed</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/24/news/economy/fed_bernanke/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/24/news/economy/fed_bernanke/index.htm</guid><description>President Bush on Monday nominated Ben Bernanke to succeed Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan, whose term is set to expire at the end of January.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:58:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>How to lose friends</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/24/harriet.miers.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/24/harriet.miers.tm/index.html</guid><description>Harriet Miers can ill afford to lose any more support.</description><pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2005 16:25:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bets off on Miers confirmation?</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/21/news/funny/miers_confirmation/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/21/news/funny/miers_confirmation/index.htm</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers' confirmation by the Senate looks doubtful, according to an online site where traders can bet on future events.</description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Oct 2005 15:24:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The vulnerable nominee</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/20/vulnerable.nominee/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/20/vulnerable.nominee/index.html</guid><description>George W. Bush's agents have convinced conservative Republican senators who were heartsick over his nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court that they must support her to save his presidency.</description><pubDate>Thu, 20 Oct 2005 17:11:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>More controversy over Miers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/18/miers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/18/miers/index.html</guid><description>As the White House renewed its attempts to rally backing for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, her views -- or non-views -- on a key privacy case appeared to ignite more controversy.</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2005 06:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Specter, White House at odds over Miers' views</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/18/miers.specter/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/18/miers.specter/index.html</guid><description>Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Arlen Specter said Monday that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers told him in a private meeting that she believed the 1965 case of Griswold vs. Connecticut -- a landmark ruling establishing the right to privacy -- was "rightly decided."</description><pubDate>Tue, 18 Oct 2005 05:59:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House renews push on Miers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/17/miers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/17/miers/index.html</guid><description>The White House began a renewed attempt Monday to rally backing for Harriet Miers, whose nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court has failed to attract widespread support from any part of the political spectrum.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:45:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Why they can't hit the right note</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/17/miers.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/17/miers.tm/index.html</guid><description>Get ready for a whole new Harriet.</description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2005 18:20:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House: Miers won't withdraw</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/13/miers.nomination/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/13/miers.nomination/index.html</guid><description>Harriet Miers won't ask President Bush to withdraw her nomination to the Supreme Court despite sharp criticism from some of Bush's conservative allies, White House press secretary Scott McClellan said Thursday.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 19:26:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>House GOP somersault</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/13/gop.somersault/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/13/gop.somersault/index.html</guid><description>House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert is an old wrestler, and last Thursday night he used a classic move of his sport by quickly reversing positions.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 18:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Favorites pull ahead in Fed derby</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/13/news/economy/fed_greenspan_successor/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/13/news/economy/fed_greenspan_successor/index.htm</guid><description>When it comes to picking a successor to Alan Greenspan, whose term ends Jan. 31, leading Fed watchers are saying this is one time to expect the expected.</description><pubDate>Thu, 13 Oct 2005 17:15:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>White House defends talk of Miers' religion</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/12/miers.religion/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/12/miers.religion/index.html</guid><description>President Bush suggested Wednesday that Harriet Miers' evangelical Christian beliefs were part of the reason he nominated her to the Supreme Court. But later a White House spokesman said her religion played no role in her selection.</description><pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2005 19:53:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Some clues to Miers' views</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/10/miers.views.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/10/miers.views.tm/index.html</guid><description>With an even thinner paper trail than John Roberts', Harriet Miers has left both supporters and opponents guessing.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 16:03:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The two knocks on Miers</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/10/knock.miers.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/10/knock.miers.tm/index.html</guid><description>Among the rarest honors that President Bush bestows is induction into the Hundred Degree Club.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 15:35:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Conservatives spar over Miers nomination</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/10/miers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/10/miers/index.html</guid><description>The nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court drew testy comments Sunday from conservatives who leveled their ire at other conservatives.</description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2005 13:47:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Signs of a lame duck president?</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/07/miers.brownback/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/07/miers.brownback/index.html</guid><description>When ambitious members of the president's own party score points against him, it's a sign the president may be becoming a lame duck.</description><pubDate>Fri, 07 Oct 2005 20:48:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush's unpleasant surprise</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/06/bush.surprise/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/06/bush.surprise/index.html</guid><description>Two questions were asked in conservative circles Monday when it was learned President Bush had nominated his lawyer, Harriet Miers, for the Supreme Court. Question No. 1: "Is this what we fought for?" Question No. 2: "What was he thinking?"</description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Oct 2005 15:29:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Poll: Support for Miers not as high as that for Roberts</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/05/miers.poll/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/05/miers.poll/index.html</guid><description>Americans, particularly conservatives, are less supportive of President Bush's nominee to the Supreme Court than they initially were for his nomination of John Roberts, according to a CNN/USA Today/Gallup poll released Tuesday night.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 10:37:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush: Abortion not discussed with nominee</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/04/miers.2034/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/04/miers.2034/index.html</guid><description>President Bush said Tuesday he has never discussed abortion with White House counsel Harriet Miers, his nominee to fill the Supreme Court seat of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.</description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Oct 2005 00:34:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Candy Crowley:  Bush remarks aimed at conservatives</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/04/crowley.bush/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/04/crowley.bush/index.html</guid><description>In his first solo press conference since May, President Bush on Tuesday went to bat for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers and addressed a range of other issues facing the nation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 17:00:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Transcript: Bush touts Miers, addresses hurricane recovery</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/04/bush.transcript/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/04/bush.transcript/index.html</guid><description>In his first solo press conference since May, President Bush on Tuesday laid out his case for Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers and addressed several other pressing issues facing the nation.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 15:55:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Quiz hints at Miers' views on gay rights</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/04/miers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/04/miers/index.html</guid><description>U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers gave mixed answers on same-sex rights in a questionnaire she filled out from a Texas gay rights group during her successful 1989 run for the Dallas City Council.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 13:09:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Nominee courts support from senators</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/miers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/miers/index.html</guid><description>Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers Monday paid courtesy calls to senators who will decide her confirmation, while her lack of experience as a judge prompted a cautious reaction from conservatives and liberals.</description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Oct 2005 01:23:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Cautious reaction to Miers' nomination </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/miers.reaction/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/miers.reaction/index.html</guid><description>Conservatives and liberals reacted cautiously Monday to President Bush's nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers, noting her lack of experience as a judge and the absence of a record that definitively demonstrates her judicial philosophy.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 17:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Bush picks White House counsel for Supreme Court</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/scotus.miers/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/10/03/scotus.miers/index.html</guid><description>President Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers on Monday to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:18:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Three to watch before the Supreme Court</title><link>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/03/news/economy/docket_supremecourt/index.htm</link><guid>http://money.cnn.com/2005/10/03/news/economy/docket_supremecourt/index.htm</guid><description>The Supreme Court convened for a new session Monday with a number of cases on its docket that could have a huge impact on the business world.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:14:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court enters Roberts era</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/03/scotus.preview/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/10/03/scotus.preview/index.html</guid><description>The Supreme Court's 2005-2006 term got off to an eventful start on Monday with John Roberts hearing his first case as chief justice of the United States and President Bush naming his pick to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.</description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Oct 2005 10:39:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>Supreme Court</title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/08/11/extra.supreme.court/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/EDUCATION/08/11/extra.supreme.court/index.html</guid><description>Use this explainer to help students understand the role of the judicial branch of the U.S. government and the U.S. Supreme Court, topics relevant to current news.</description><pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2005 19:08:00 EDT</pubDate></item><item><title>The tipping point? </title><link>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/04/tipping.point.tm/index.html</link><guid>http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/07/04/tipping.point.tm/index.html</guid><description>Sandra Day O'Connor's surprise resignation unleashes a battle over whether the high court will gain a new swing vote or a solid-right.</description><pubDate>Mon, 04 Jul 2005 20:50:00 EDT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>