President Bush Nominates Harriet Miers To The Supreme Court

President Bush nominated White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court on Monday, turning to a lawyer who has never been a judge to replace Sandra Day O'Connor and help reshape the nation's judiciary. If confirmed by the Republican-controlled Senate, Miers, 60, would join Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg as the second woman on the nation's highest court and the third to serve there. Miers was the first woman to serve as president of the Texas State Bar and the Dallas Bar Association. Senate Republicans said they would press for confirmation by Thanksgiving, allowing less than eight weeks for lawmakers to review her record, hold hearings and vote. Larry talks with Erwin Chemerinsky, Duke University School of Law, and John Eastman, Professor of Law, Chapman University School of Law, and Director of Claremont Institute's Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence.