Bush White House crisis deepens

Bush White House crisis deepens: The contradictions of the Miers nomination:

"In this conflict between rival right-wing factions, the charges by both sides carry an element of truth. Opponents of the nomination declared it to be the product of cronyism that revealed an insular, arrogant White House. They characterized Miers as intellectually mediocre and with little experience in constitutional law, a description reinforced by an incident during a Miers visit to Capitol Hill. Asked which Supreme Court justice she admired most, she replied, “Warren”—not distinguishing between the liberal chief justice Earl Warren and his conservative successor Warren Burger. After prompting, she settled on Burger, one of the seven justices who upheld abortion rights in the Roe v. Wade decision."

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