Comment Of Senator Patrick Leahy, (D-Vt.)
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
On The Questionnaire For Harriet Miers
To Be Associate Justice Of The Supreme Court
October 18, 2005

“These answers do not help the Senate much in reaching an informed decision about this nomination.  In order to conduct a fair and thorough review, the Senate needs information about Ms. Miers, including her experience, her judgment, her views on the Constitution, and her independence.  So far, these answers heighten, rather than lessen, concerns about whether, as a Supreme Court justice, she would be able to maintain independence from this administration and future administrations.  Lack of responsiveness only adds to the burden she will have in the hearings.”

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