New Changes in Washington D.C.
Samuel Bosch
Issue date: 12/1/05 Section: News
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Harriet Miers withdraws her nomination, and President Bush picks Samuel Alito as his new appointee to replace Justice O'Connor. Meanwhile Alan Greenspan, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, plans for retirement.
After a couple of weeks as the punch-line to every joke told on late night television, Harriet Miers tucked tail and ran. Leaving people in Washington D.C. to wonder why.
She made it seem as if her previous work for the Administration would affect her hearings. She felt that the use of classified material from the time frame she worked at the white house would compromise the current administration.
In her Oct. 27, 2005 letter to George W. Bush withdrawing her nomination, Harriet Miers said, "I have steadfastly maintained that the independence of the Executive Branch be preserved and its confidential documents and information not be released to further a confirmation process."
So apparently she did not withdraw her nomination because she was tired of being the butt of all jokes.
She made it clear that many in the Senate were after sensitive documents from her work with the President.
The letter made it official, now the search was on for a new Judicial nominee.
President Bush then announced that Samuel Alito, a judge from New Jersey, would replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court bench.
"His addition to the Supreme Court will move the Court to the right and I suspect he will join the voting bloc of Scalia and Thomas, thus providing the conservative element with a fifth conservative vote," said Dr. Gary Rose, Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and Politics at Sacred Heart University.
"It is possible however that Justice Kennedy will feel obligated to move to the center as Justice O'Connor did in the interest of providing ideological balance, but this is speculative."
Samuel Alito is the son of an Italian immigrant who emphasized education and academic excellence for his children. As a result, he attended Princeton University then proceeded to attend Yale Law School where he also served as the editor of Yale Law Journal.
After a couple of weeks as the punch-line to every joke told on late night television, Harriet Miers tucked tail and ran. Leaving people in Washington D.C. to wonder why.
She made it seem as if her previous work for the Administration would affect her hearings. She felt that the use of classified material from the time frame she worked at the white house would compromise the current administration.
In her Oct. 27, 2005 letter to George W. Bush withdrawing her nomination, Harriet Miers said, "I have steadfastly maintained that the independence of the Executive Branch be preserved and its confidential documents and information not be released to further a confirmation process."
So apparently she did not withdraw her nomination because she was tired of being the butt of all jokes.
She made it clear that many in the Senate were after sensitive documents from her work with the President.
The letter made it official, now the search was on for a new Judicial nominee.
President Bush then announced that Samuel Alito, a judge from New Jersey, would replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court bench.
"His addition to the Supreme Court will move the Court to the right and I suspect he will join the voting bloc of Scalia and Thomas, thus providing the conservative element with a fifth conservative vote," said Dr. Gary Rose, Professor and Chair of the Department of Government and Politics at Sacred Heart University.
"It is possible however that Justice Kennedy will feel obligated to move to the center as Justice O'Connor did in the interest of providing ideological balance, but this is speculative."
Samuel Alito is the son of an Italian immigrant who emphasized education and academic excellence for his children. As a result, he attended Princeton University then proceeded to attend Yale Law School where he also served as the editor of Yale Law Journal.