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| HIDDEN TESTIMONY REIGNITES MIERS FIRES |
| 2005-10-13 |
| Ouch The DRUDGE REPORT has obtained a copy of sworn testimony given by Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers in 1990 in which she said that she âwouldnât belong to the Federalist Societyâ â a conservative and libertarian lawyersâ organization â because it was âpolitically charged.â But Bush's Supreme Court nominee did not include in that category the NAACP and other liberal groups, the transcript reveals! Word of the testimony circulated late last week, roiling conservatives and setting off a scramble among lawyers to obtain the actual testimony. Sources tell the DRUDGE REPORT that conservatives demanded that the White House and its allies release copies of the testimony, but their demands were ignored. A source close to the Bush administration says, "the process requires the White House to prepare documents to turn over to the Senate Judiciary Committee and only after the committee has had the courtesy of receiving them are such docs made public." MORE Miers testified in a voting rights lawsuit claiming the Dallas City Council had too few black and Hispanic members. The DRUDGE REPORT can now reveal that not only did Harriet Miers testify that she would not join the âpolitically chargedâ Federalist Society -- she testified that she had joined a liberal organization â the Democratic Progressive Voters League. [According to the Handbook of Texas Online [http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/DD/wed1.html], the Democratic Progressive Voters League is a Dallas political organization closely associated with the Democratic Party.] Miers was also asked whether she considered âthe NAACP [to be] in the category of organizationsâ that she considered to be âpolitically charged.â Her answer: âNo, I donât.â In 1987, the NAACP launched a campaign to defeat the nomination of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court; In 1989, the group organized the Silent March; over 100,000 protested U.S. Supreme Court decisions the group claimed "reversed many of the gains made against discrimination." [The Internal Revenue Service has threatened to revoke the NAACP's tax-exempt status after the civil rights group's chairman, Julian Bond, condemned Bush administration policies on education, the economy and the war in Iraq, during a speech last summer.] MORE Now presented here for the first time, the testimony. REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MS. JULIAN: . . . . . Q. Ms. Miers, are you a member of any predominantly minority organizations, such as the NAACP, Black Chamber of Commerce, Urban League or any other predominantly minority organizations? A. Women minorities? Q. Well, maybe predominantly racial and ethnic minorities? A. No. Q. . . . . In your capacity as an at-large member do you think being involved in such organizations might assist you in having a perspective that â bring a perspective to your job that you donât have? A. I attend meetings designed to give me that input. However, I have tried to avoid memberships in organization s that were politically charged with one viewpoint or the other. For example, I wouldnât belong to the Federalist Society any more than â I just feel like itâs better to not be involved in organizations that seem to color your view one way or the other for people who are examining you. I did join the Progressive Voters League here in Dallas during the campaign as part of the campaign. Q. Are you active in the PVL now, do you intend to be? A. No, I am not. Q. Do you think the NAACP and Black Chamber of Commerce are in the category of organizations you were talking about? A. No, I donât. . . . . Transcript of Trial, Roy Williams et al. v. City of Dallas, No. CA-3-88-152-R, pages V-46 to V-47 (U.S. Dist. Ct., N.D. Tex. Sept. 11, 1989). END ----------------------------------------------------------- Filed By Matt Drudge Reports are moved when circumstances warrant http://www.drudgereport.com for updates (c)DRUDGE REPORT 2005 Not for reproduction without permission of the author |
| Posted by:mmurray821 |
| #8 Let me get this straight. The Conservatives are all upset because the Court uses the rationale of preumbra to justify coming up with things the Constitution was 'meant' to say. However, looking over the same document, I have to conclude that Conservatives are using preumbra in defining who is or who isn't qualified to take a SCOTUS seat. Let's see, conservatives are better than liberals because - 1 - they'll spend less? 2 - they'll balance the budget? 3 - they'll interpret the Constitution by original intent? Am I missing something here? Heh! |
| Posted by: Snomock Elmotch9995 2005-10-13 17:06 |
| #7 You mean the sky ISN'T falling? Armageddon doesn't hinge on this nomination? Wow .... fooled me, I guess .... LOL |
| Posted by: lotp 2005-10-13 14:54 |
| #6 Stealth candidates make one's spine quiver : David Souter - Appointed by Bush 41, 1989... Year.. % Con- Term.. servative ------ Decisions ------ --------- 1999-00 24.1 2000-01 21.8 2001-02 19.0 2002-03 22.3 2003-04 21.1 2004-05 20.7 ------- ---- Average 21.6 As a comparison Non stealth candidate: Clarence Thomas... Year.. % Con- Term.. servative ------ Decisions ------ --------- 1999-00 85.2 2000-01 91.1 2001-02 85.0 2002-03 94.7 2003-04 82.9 2004-05 83.7 ------- ---- Average 87.3 or Antonin Scalia... The last justice before all judges were political Year.. % Con- Term.. servative ------ Decisions ------ --------- 1999-00 90.7 2000-01 96.4 2001-02 92.0 2002-03 90.4 2003-04 84.2 2004-05 85.9 ------- ---- Average 90.4 Source : Personal studies case by case... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2005-10-13 14:06 |
| #5 All this talk of abysses are too deep for me. |
| Posted by: Slorong Unomomp8085 2005-10-13 14:05 |
| #4 Does this mean they won't legalize grass? |
| Posted by: Bardo 2005-10-13 14:00 |
| #3 I'm beginning to think the "blogosphere" has looked into the abyss of the MSM and the chattering classes, and the abyss has looked back into them... |
| Posted by: Phil Fraering 2005-10-13 13:46 |
| #2 Really, the country is not falling apart, lotp. You must live inside the Beltway. This will be forgotten in 6 months, except as yet another episode in MSM generated hysteria that led to it's irrelevance. |
| Posted by: Throgum Elmoluse7582 2005-10-13 13:40 |
| #1 Old news. Miers had both a religious and a political conversion not long after 1990. The hysteria is amusing ... or would be if the country weren't falling apart while this is going on. |
| Posted by: lotp 2005-10-13 13:26 |