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You Don't Have to Be Snooty To Think Miers Is a Let-Down...
But it sure helps. From Slate's Emily Bazelon:
Comparing Miers to the woman she would replace--Sandra Day O'Connor--underscores why you don't have to be snooty to think she's a let-down. O'Connor graduated from Stanford University with high honors and, in 1952, at the top of her class at Stanford Law School. Miers got her undergraduate and law degrees from Southern Methodist University, finishing law school in 1970.
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