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SBC’s Land calls Miers withdrawal result of ‘corrosive and bitter process’

Upon Harriet Miers’ decision to withdraw as a nominee to be Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, Dr. Richard Land, president of the Southern Baptist Convention’s Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, commented on the nominee and the hearing process. more »

Oct 27, 2005

Topic: Citizenship, National

Miers withdraws nomination to Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (BP)—Embattled nominee Harriet Miers withdrew Oct. 27 as President Bush’s selection for associate justice of the Supreme Court. more »

By Tom Strode - Oct 27, 2005

Topic: Citizenship, National

Land: Miers’ record will be nearly identical to Roberts’

WASHINGTON (BP)—Richard Land predicts Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers not only will be confirmed, barring an unexpected revelation, but her record will be nearly identical to that of new Chief Justice John Roberts. more »

By Tom Strode - Oct 19, 2005

Topic: Citizenship, National

Senate easily confirms Roberts as chief justice

The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly confirmed John Roberts as chief justice of the United States Sept. 29, only four days before he began presiding over oral arguments on the first day of the Supreme Court’s new term. more »

By Tom Strode - Oct 14, 2005

Topic: Citizenship, National

ERLC’s Land trusts President on Miers

President Bush’s record on judicial nominees helped convince Richard Land to trust new Supreme Court selection Harriet Miers unless a good reason for him to oppose her surfaces. more »

By Tom Strode - Oct 14, 2005

Topic: Life, Citizenship, National

Land, on ‘Meet the Press,’ says he trusts Bush in court pick

NEW YORK (BP)—He is unequivocal in his support of Harriet Miers’ nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court, Richard Land said on NBC News’ “Meet the Press” Oct. more »

By Dwayne Hastings - Oct 10, 2005

Topic: Citizenship, National

Miers ‘genuine Christian,’ pastor at her church says; Dobson calls pick ‘outstanding’

WASHINGTON (BP)—Barry McCarty thinks Harriet Miers will make a “great Supreme Court justice,” but the woman suddenly in the media spotlight is known to him as a humble Christian. more »

By Tom Strode - Oct 5, 2005

Topic: Citizenship, National

SBC’s Richard Land comments on Miers’ nomination

“This President has kept no promise more faithfully than his promise in 2000, and again in 2004, that he would nominate only strict constructionist, original intent jurists to the Supreme Court. more »

Oct 4, 2005

Topic: Citizenship, National

Land says he trusts Bush’s judgment on Harriet Miers

WASHINGTON (BP)—President Bush’s devotion to his promise to appoint only judges who faithfully interpret the Constitution has led Richard Land to trust newly selected Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers minus conflicting evidence, the Southern Baptist public policy leader said Oct. more »

By Tom Strode - Oct 4, 2005

Topic: Life, Citizenship, National

President Bush selects Harriet Miers for Supreme Court, dividing conservatives

WASHINGTON (BP)—President Bush reached Oct. 3 into his inner circle for a second nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court, declining the opportunity to select from several judges whom pro-life and pro-family conservatives had promoted as candidates. more »

By Tom Strode - Oct 3, 2005

Topic: Life, Abortion, Citizenship, National

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