WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush on Monday reached into his inner circle and nominated White House lawyer Harriet Miers for a Supreme Court vacancy, choosing a woman who is not a judge and whose views on major issues are largely unknown.
Many conservatives, who formed the bedrock foundation of Bush's re-election last November, immediately protested the nomination of Miers to replace retiring Sandra Day O'Connor, as a betrayal of his campaign promise to pick conservative judges.