Harriet Miers resigning as White House Counsel

01/04/2007 @ 12:23 pm

Filed by RAW STORY

Harriet Miers, the long-time legal adviser to President George W. Bush, has reportedly resigned from her White House post, CNN is reporting.

Miers is best known for her abortive nomination to the Supreme Court by President Bush in late 2005. The Bush administration withdrew Miers' nomination after coming under heavy criticism from both the right, which saw her as not sufficiently conservative on social issues, and the left, who were concerned about her long ties to Bush, going back to his governor days at Texas. Many believed she lacked the judicial experience needed to be a viable Supreme Court Justice.