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Advocacy groups have circulated questions they want senators to ask Harriet E. Miers during her confirmation hearings.

Miers foes see law questions as way to derail nomination

Groups aim to make her seem unqualified

By Charlie Savage
Globe Staff / October 12, 2005

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WASHINGTON -- Some of the advocacy groups that are concerned about Supreme Court nominee Harriet E. Miers's lack of a record on social issues are favoring a new approach to thwarting her nomination: Asking the nominee, who has no judicial experience, complex questions about constitutional law and hoping she trips up. (Full article: 1208 words)

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