Harriet Miers Gets Wrecked [TEASER]

She was nominated by President Bush to serve on the Supreme Court, and it's our loss that that never happened.

Harriet Myers.

Hey, everyone, this is Leon from Fiasco and Prologue Projects.

On this week's Patreon-only episode of 5-4, the hosts are talking about Harriet Myers.

Myers was picked for the Supreme Court by George W.

Bush, but shortly after she was tapped, her nomination stumbled as critics on the right began to question her conservative bona fides.

In the end, Myers withdrew her candidacy, and what we got instead was Justice Samuel Alito.

This is 5-4, a podcast about how much the Supreme Court sucks.

Welcome to 5-4, where we dissect and analyze the Supreme Court cases that have lost track of our civil rights, like Delta has lost track of your luggage.

I'm Peter.

And I'm here with Rhiannon.

Did that happen?

Not to me, but apparently this is an epidemic.

Airlines are losing luggage.

I don't know if it's like a staffing issue or something, but me and the fiance are headed on a quick flight this weekend and she was like, don't check your bags.

They're losing them.

And I had looked it up and it's true.

It's true.

Like I do anytime my fiancé tells me something, I look it up on the internet to confirm whether it's true.

This one was true.

I think this is the second metaphor to be dedicated to Delta.

That might be right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

They impact my life quite a bit more than I would like.

Obviously, Michael is not with us today.

He's sick.

Yesterday, we were going to record and he said, no, I feel too sick.

Let me get some rest and then maybe we can record tomorrow.

And then today he was like, no, I'm still sick.

So now we're just doing it without a gall.

But But he sent us some of his thoughts.

Yes.

So

we're going to give you some of his ideas.

And pass them off as our own.

That's right.

Absolutely right.

Today's episode, Much Requested.

Obviously, you're here because you're a premium subscriber and you get the premium content.

That's right.

We are talking about the saga of Harriet Meyer's failed nomination to the Supreme Court in 2005.

Drama.

The basic story here is simple.

In July of 2005, Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement from the Supreme Court.

President George W.

Bush nominated John Roberts to replace her.

But shortly after, Chief Justice William Rehnquist died.

Dead.

In the ground.

Rachel, let's get some music.

Yeah, can we jazz that?

Jazz that up.

Jazz jazz it up.

Truly jazz that up.

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