Withdrawal of Miers turns up heat on Bush
Conservatives want jurist with known record
WASHINGTON -- President Bush came under renewed pressure yesterday to fill the latest Supreme Court vacancy with a rock-solid conservative jurist, after a withering assault by conservatives in the Senate forced him to abandon his attempt to elevate Harriet E. Miers, his White House counsel, to the nation's highest court. (Full article: 1604 words)
This article is available in our archives:
Globe Subscribers
FREE for subscribers
Subscribers to the Boston Globe get unlimited access to our archives.
Not a subscriber?
Non-Subscribers
Purchase an electronic copy of the full article. Learn More
- $4.95 1 article
- $9.95 4 articles
- $25.95 Monthly
Waiting on Twitter...