"Miers Led Law Firm Repeatedly Forced to Pay Damages For Defrauding Investors "
"... people like Miers who are clearly entirely compromised by partisan/corporate loyalties -- loyalties that might make her an attractive candidate to the a corrupt elitists who run today's Republican Party, but a danger to the interests of ordinary Americans."
In choosing Ms. Miers as his nominee, Mr. Bush once again signaled the importance he places on personal loyalty and familiarity. Ms. Miers has served in a number of posts for the president, and at one point was his personal lawyer.
Ms. Miers was the first woman to become a partner at a major Texas law firm and the first woman to be president of the State Bar of Texas. In 1995, Mr. Bush, then governor of Texas, named her chairwoman of the Texas Lottery Commission and gave her the task of cleaning up that scandal-plagued agency.
Roberts and Miers linked to Microsoft
Each played a role in past lawsuits
By TODD BISHOP
SEATTLE POST-INTELLIGENCER REPORTER
Harriet Miers and John Roberts have something in common besides being President Bush's picks for the U.S. Supreme Court: As lawyers, both took part in cases related to Microsoft.
Miers, nominated Monday to the high court, represented the company in cases including class-action lawsuits in the 1990s that alleged defects in a version of the company's MS-DOS operating system. Miers headed up the team of lawyers defending the company in those cases.
Microsoft prevailed in each of the cases, with some failing to gain class certification and others dismissed voluntarily. Miers, most recently White House counsel, was practicing law in Texas at the time. She did not, however, take part in any antitrust cases involving Microsoft.
The same cannot be said of the nation's new chief justice. John Roberts, sworn in to that post Monday, was among the lawyers representing the 19 states that joined the federal government to pursue the landmark antitrust case.
In that role, Roberts was among the lawyers who argued on the government's behalf at a pivotal 2001 appeals court hearing on U.S. District Judge Thomas Penfield Jackson's order that would have broken the Redmond company in two. Arguing on behalf of the states, Roberts told the court that Microsoft wrongly used its influence and power to stifle consumer choice.
The order was ultimately overturned, and Microsoft remained intact. The company ultimately reached a settlement with the government in the case.
Microsoft declined a request for comment on either of them.
no1important said:...you would think he could of found someone more suitable...
mrmom2 said:Yea right Texas heaven forbid anybody exposes the Bush crime family for what it is .They might end up dead oh thats right a lot of reporters that do storys on the corrupt Bush family do end up dead :roll: :roll:
mrmom2 said:As opposed to Fox or one of the alphabet networks who do nothing but ignore storys and the truth .Got a list of these sites he supposedly owns because I know most of the places i get my info from raise there own capital
'mrmom2 said:I could care less if Air america dies :wink: So i take it you think you actually think theres a differrence between the Dems and Repubs .Do you not know the same corporations own both of them.You just have to look at the voting record of the House .It dosen't matter what side your on the corporations are running the show . :x
Texas1 said:mrmom2 said:As opposed to Fox or one of the alphabet networks who do nothing but ignore storys and the truth .Got a list of these sites he supposedly owns because I know most of the places i get my info from raise there own capital
Sure you do. Just like Vanni Fucci thinks eh.
Vanni Fucci said:Texas1 said:mrmom2 said:As opposed to Fox or one of the alphabet networks who do nothing but ignore storys and the truth .Got a list of these sites he supposedly owns because I know most of the places i get my info from raise there own capital
Sure you do. Just like Vanni Fucci thinks eh.
Alright...let's see some evidence for this claim...if that be true, then every GOP friendly website should be spouting off about it...funny that I've not seen any reference to George Soros owning or even contributing to Truthout.org...some Truthout articles mention him...but that's as close as the connection gets...
So let's see what you got...