From: Michele McGinnis (mm@kk.org)
Date: Tue Oct 04 2005 - 08:41:19 PDT
Message-Id: <a06230901bf685275ec2d@[192.168.0.2]> Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2005 08:41:19 -0700 From: Michele McGinnis <mm@kk.org> Subject: Fwd: MoveOn request for research on Miers
fyi. sounds like a good research/ref request for a librarian with
time on her/his hands. m
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>If anyone has access to Texas legal databases, please help out!
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>From: *"Ben Brandzel, MoveOn.org Political Action" <
>moveon-help@list.moveon.org>*
>Subject: *Who's Harriet Miers? Help find out.*
>Date: *Mon, 03 Oct 2005 12:27:36 -0700*
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> This morning, Bush nominated Harriet Miers, a long time ally and his
>personal lawyer, to the Supreme Court. Can you help focus the Senate and the
>media on the facts of her record with a few minutes of research?
>
>,<http://www.political.moveon.org/judgefacts?id=6077-1221570-1ld99ghhLUBGnOLrcA7Eqw&t=1>
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>Dear MoveOn member,
>
>This morning, President Bush nominated Harriet Miers to replace retiring
>Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court. Miers is a long-time
>political appointee, campaign council, personal lawyer and Bush loyalist who
>has never served as a judge.
>
>Ex-FEMA Director Michael Brown taught us that vital national positions must
>be filled with qualified candidates, not political friends with limited
>experience. With such a thin public record, how can Americans know Harriet
>Miers' approach to critical issues like corporate power, privacy and civil
>rights?
>
>Right now we urgently need more information, and we need your help to get
>it. In the next few hours the Internet will fill with facts, anecdotes and
>rumors about Harriet Miers. We need your help to sort through it all, select
>the relevant and important details, and let us know what you find-
>decentralized, grassroots research.
>
>We've set up a simple web form where you can post facts and sources that
>will fill out the picture on what kind of Supreme Court justice Miers would
>be. We'll get your research to the media, the Senate and our partner groups.
>This info will also be crucial in setting MoveOn's course for this
>nomination. Even if you just have a few minutes to spare, it could help a
>lot at this crucial time.
>
>You can post facts right now at:
>
>http://www.political.moveon.org/judgefacts?id=6077-1221570-1ld99ghhLUBGnOLrcA7Eqw&t=3
>
>Here is a quick chronology of Harriet Miers' career, courtesy of the
>Coalition for a Fair and Independent Judiciary, to help jump start your
>research.
>
>*1970* -Graduated from Southern Methodist University Law School
>*1970-1972*-Clerked for U.S. District Court Judge Joe Estes
>*1972-2001*-Joined Texas law firm, Locke, Purnell
>*1985* -Elected president of the Dallas Bar Association
>*1986-1989*-Member of the State Bar board of directors
>*1989-1991*-Elected and served one term on the Dallas City Council
>*1992* -Elected president of the Texas State Bar
>*1993-1994*-Worked as counsel for Bush's gubernatorial campaign
>*1995-2000*-Appointed chairwoman of Texas Lottery Commission by Gov. George
>Bush
>*1996* -Became president of Locke, Purnell, and the first woman to lead a
>major Texas law firm
>*1998* -Presided over the merger of Locke, Purnell with another big Texas
>firm, Liddell, Sapp, Zivley, Hill & LaBoon, and became co-managing partner
>of the resulting megafirm, Locke Liddell & Sapp
>*2000* -Represented Bush and Cheney in a lawsuit stemming from their dual
>residency in Texas while running in the Presidential primary
>*2001* -Selected as staff secretary for President Bush
>*2003* -Promoted to Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy
>*2004* -Selected as White House Counsel
>
>There are many important questions that need to be addressed, including:
>
> - What policies did she advocate for on the Dallas City Council?
> - What was her record at the head of the scandal-ridden Texas Lottery
> Commission?
> - What cases did she take on while working as a corporate lawyer in
> private practice, and what positions did she fight for?
> - What has she written or said in and outside of her law practice
> about her views on constitutional issues like privacy, the
>"commerce clause"
> or equal protection?
> - As White House Council Alberto Gonzales played a pivotal role in
> softening America's stance on torture. What positions has Harriet Miers
> advocated for in the same role?
> - Has she ever publicly distanced herself from George W. Bush?
>
>It's important that we move quickly in answering these questions. The Bush
>spin machine has been prepared for this nomination for some time and is
>already cranking at full speed. The strategy is to move Miers through as an
>enigma. We need to make sure the facts about her views are known.
>
>This kind of decentralized research may never have been tried before at this
>scale. But a Supreme Court nominee with a record only the President really
>knows is a new national challenge. If we act quickly, we can meet that
>challenge together.
>
>Please pitch in by taking some time to research today, and post what you
>find at:
>
>http://www.political.moveon.org/judgefacts?id=6077-1221570-1ld99ghhLUBGnOLrcA7Eqw&t=4
>
>Thanks for all that you do,
>
>- Ben, Marika, Rosalyn, Joan and the MoveOn.org Political Action Team
>Monday, October 3rd, 2005
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