Lack of support sinks nomination

Craig Gilbert reports in today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel,

[Harriet] Miers is one of only 11 nominations to be withdrawn in the history of Supreme Court confirmations, according to a background paper prepared by the Congressional Research Service. She is the first official nominee to be withdrawn from consideration for the court since 1968. Douglas Ginsburg was pulled by President Ronald Reagan in 1987, but he was never formally nominated.