Harriet Miers

Sam, you ought to thank Harriet Miers for making this possible. — President George W. Bush to newly confirmed Justice Samuel Alito, as recounted in President Bush’s new memoir, Decision Points (via Jan Crawford).

Our latest Eyes of the Law celebrity sighting involves a household name: former White House counsel and Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers. She may not have succeeded in getting on to the SCOTUS, but apparently she has joined another D.C. institution. We received this tip from a reader yesterday: FWIW…. Just got sworn into the […]

Sigh. Too much to write about, not enough time (or energy). We should have written about this on Tuesday. But since we didn’t, we now have the luxury of assembling a post by commenting on what other people have already written — and snarkily noting that they all say the same thing. It all started […]

* It wasn’t me. [Legal Blog Watch] * Well, I’m a pretty famous celebrity, so I got that going for me… [CNN] * Divorce for Shaq. [Atlanta Journal-Constitution] * Look what you’ve done, Specter. [CNN] * Should we file RICO charges against Tom Cruise? [Jurist]

The rumor is true. Locke Liddell & Sapp has raised salaries for first- and second-year associates. As noted by a commenter, “Now that they have Harriet Miers back, Locke Liddell’s future is blindingly bright.” The news was reported in the Texas Lawyer. We’ve also gotten a copy of the email, sent out this afternoon by […]

Earlier we covered Harriet Miers impending date with destiny in the form of the House Judiciary Committee. Well, it looks like Miers needed some more time to polish up on her French. From the report from AP via the Reno Gazette-Journal on the hearing that went down sans Miers: A House panel cleared the way […]

We recently got to meet former White House counsel Harriet Miers, up close and personal. And it seems we’re not the only folks who will get to spend quality time with the onetime (and ill-fated) Supreme Court nominee. This just in, from the AP: Two congressional committees are issuing subpoenas for testimony from former White […]

We’re about to sit down and enjoy a sandwich we just picked up from Cosi. If it’s good enough for the Chief Justice, it’s good enough for us. Normally we’d wash our hands first. But not today. Why? Because we just met Harriet Miers — and shook her hand! We were crossing the street at […]

The latest Biglaw combination brings together more “L”s than you can shake a stick at. From the Texas Lawyer: Locke Liddell & Sapp, based in Houston and Dallas, and Chicago-based Lord, Bissell & Brook have agreed to merge, and will form a 700-lawyer firm named Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell. Hmm, that’s a mouthful — […]

There was much speculation about where former White House counsel Harriet Miers, of the ill-fated Supreme Court nomination, would wind up. Would Miers oversee the George W. Bush Presidential Library at her alma mater, SMU? Would she be nominated to the Fifth Circuit? Would she launch a new line of high-end eye make-up? The suspense […]

We previously wrote about President Bush’s selection of Fred Fielding as his new White House counsel. Our coverage was based on a pre-announcement scoop by Time, not an actual announcement from the White House. Just to close the loop on this, the rumor was correct: Fielding’s selection is now official. Here’s the (predictably bland) White […]

In our report earlier today about Supreme Courtships, a forthcoming television show about “the personal and professional lives of six Supreme Court clerks and their supervisors,” we looked back on two failed TV shows about the Supreme Court: “First Monday” and “The Court.” We wrote: Judicial groupies were thrilled to see two shows about the […]

This just in, from Time: In a signal that he could be open to working more closely with congressional Democrats rather than stonewalling, President Bush plans to name the widely respected Republican lawyer Fred F. Fielding as White House counsel this week, party sources tell TIME. Fielding, who held the same position under President Ronald […]

Last week was short, thanks to the New Year’s holiday; but it sure was busy. Here are some highlights from a very momentous week: * No more jokes about Harriet Miers: the ill-fated ex-SCOTUS nominee has resigned as White House counsel. Speculation about her successor abounds. * No more jokes about the Dewy Orifice: the […]

President Bush famously described Harriet E. Miers, the outgoing White House counsel, as “a pit bull in size six shoes.” Woof woof! But some White House insiders viewed Harriet Miers as insufficiently canine. Per the Washington Post: Miers, a longtime Bush loyalist whose nomination to the Supreme Court was withdrawn in 2005 as a result […]

* Some interesting comments about Harriet Miers getting a Fifth Circuit nomination, as well as speculation about who might replace her as White House counsel. [ConfirmThem] (We second the suggestion of Rachel Brand (at right). Brand previously worked in the White House counsel’s office, before her appointment to head the Office of Legal Policy at […]

As previously reported, Harriet Miers — she of the ill-fated Supreme Court nomination* — has submitted her resignation as White House Counsel. It will take effect at the end of this month, on January 31. The search for her replacement has begun. From White House spokesman Tony Snow: “Basically, she has been here six years. […]

For those of you who enjoyed poking fun at Harriet Miers during her ill-fated Supreme Court nomination, you won’t have her to kick around anymore. (Yes, we know. When it comes to mockery of Harriet Miers, we have somewhat unclean hands.) We must step away from our computer now. As Howard Bashman might say, we […]

Thanks to everyone who responded to our request for gossip about possible Fifth Circuit judicial nominations. Your tips were very helpful to us, as was this piece in the Texas Lawyer. (And thanks to Peter Harrell, a current law student and former political reporter for Congressional Quarterly, for this insightful comment. A good point. With […]

When White House Counsel Harriet Miers was nominated to the United States Supreme Court, her friend and ex-boyfriend, Texas Supreme Court Justice Nathan Hecht, rushed to her side. In numerous interviews with the news media, he praised his former paramour to the heavens. Justice Hecht’s reward for such loyalty? Being haled before the Texas State […]