The Trouble with Harry

More Reason for Concern about Miers

David Sirota commented on The Huffington Post: "In case anyone thought Harriet Miers wasn't a corporate-shill-in-White-House-clothing, take a gander at how Miers did her best Ken Lay impression while heading a major Texas corporate law firm. That's right, according to the 5/1/00 newsletter Class Action Reporter, Miers headed Locke, Liddell & Sapp at the time the firm was forced to pay $22 million to settle a suit asserting that "it aided a client in defrauding investors."

"The details of the case are both nauseating and highly troubling, considering President Bush is considering putting Miers at the top of America's legal system. . . . "

Apparently this happened a few times during her tenure, which begs the question is it a 'Texas' thing or a 'Friends of Bush' thing?

The more radical fringe of the conservative movement seems a little nervous about Miers, but progressives should not read too much into that. Religious right leaders like James Dobson seem to have come into the fold. Dobson told The New York Times, "I have reason to believe she is pro-life," but would not elaborate further.

In the same article, Justice Nathan Hecht of the Texas Supreme Court, testified to her evangelical Christian faith and devoted participation in the theologically conservative Valley View Christian Church in Dallas. Hecht has assured conservatives Miers is "pro-life" and has attended "pro-life" events with him.

Today's big news

It's being reported today that Miers may have briefed Bush on the famous Bin Laden memo -- the one that stated Osama Bin Laden was "determined" to attack the US homeland, perhaps with hijacked planes.

Pictured above is US Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers reviewing daily briefing papers with Bush at his Crawford ranch on August 6, 2001. Did the papers include the infamous Bin Laden memo? Maybe questioning Senators should ask.