Longtime Confidante of Bush Has Never Been a Judge

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Senate panel may call evangelical leader
Dobson had hinted at inside knowledge of Miers' views

Washington -- The Senate Judiciary Committee is likely to summon a leading conservative Christian to explain the private assurances he says he received from the White House about Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers, the committee's chairman said Sunday.

Testimony by Focus on the Family founder James Dobson would heighten the political and religious overtones of the confirmation hearing for Miers, scheduled to start two weeks from today.

what can one say? :roll:

 

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Miers to Be Questioned on Gitmo Policy

WASHINGTON (AP) - The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee served notice Wednesday he intends to seek public assurances that Harriet Miers will show no favoritism toward President Bush if confirmed to the Supreme Court, a fresh challenge for a nomination already in doubt.

In a letter to White House counsel Miers, Sen. Arlen Specter also said he intends to question her about constitutional issues in the war on terror, including the administration's policy of open-ended detention of suspects at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

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It will be interesting to hear what she has to say about this.