The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, through its front groups such as the Institute for Legal Reform (ILR) and Voters Education Committee (VEC), has been deeply involved in opposing or supporting hundreds of state and federal candidates for both legislative and judicial offices. (See "The Secr...
President George W. BushThe White HouseWashington, DC 20500
Dear President Bush:
Your position regarding the nomination of Harriet Miers to become an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States is increasingly untenable, even with your own Party, for reasons well known to you.
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While George W. Bush keeps saying that the United States is at war, for most of the United States, apart from the soldiers and military families, the people seem detached from the daily devastation in Iraq. Reporters and anti-war activists have made this observation repeatedly over the past months....