Harriet Miers

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Harriet Ellan Miers (; born August 10, 1945) is an American lawyer who served as White House counsel to President George W. Bush from 2005 to 2007. A member of the Republican Party since 1988, she previously served as White House staff secretary from 2001 to 2003 and White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy from 2003 until 2005. In 2005, Bush nominated Miers to be an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, replacing the retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. In the face of bipartisan opposition and questions about her fitness for the court, Miers asked Bush to withdraw her nomination a little over three weeks after it was announced. In 2007, Miers returned to private practice, becoming a partner in the litigation and public policy group at Locke Lord.

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