One of George W. Bush's close personal friends and most outspoken admirers, Texas lawyer Harriet Miers was in 2005 nominated by President Bush to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy left by Sandra Day O'Connnor. Meirs was not confirmed.
As a lawyer, Miers had done very well. She was the first woman president of the Dallas Bar Association, the first woman to lead the Texas State Bar, and the first woman president of the large Texas law firm Locke, Purnell, Rain & Harrell.
One thing that hurt her chances for Supreme Court confirmation was that she had never been a judge. Another roadblock was her personal closeness to Bush, who by that time had lost much of his popularity.
Seeing the writing on the wall, Meirs withdrew her name, and Bush then nominated Samuel Alito, who was confirmed in 2006.
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