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Originally Posted by ute4ever
My Civ Pro professor felt Meyers' nomination was just a strategy, that Bush expected the public to cry cronyism from the start, and she would never get in. It was a ploy so when Bush later nominated Alito, who was the person he wanted all along, people would be relieved that it wasn't another Meyers and Alito would get in without facing the same backlash.
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This idea crossed my mind at the time. I did do a quick refresh of The Prince during that semester.
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