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The timing of this resignation is suspicious, and leads me to speculate that perhaps she will be nominated to the 5th Circuit. The timing of it for the end of January gives Bush enough time to nominate her now and get started on the confirmation process. Let's hope not.

On the one hand, I can't imagine Senate Democrats would try to block her after they had such nice things to say when she was nominated to SCOTUS. On the other hand, she is also the perfect target for their smear machine. "President's Close Friend Gets Seat on Appellate Court."

Furthermore, do we even know if she is interested? The confirmation process may be something she just doesn't want to go through - not that I blame her.

Now, maybe the White House will be more prompt and efficient in vetting and nominating appropriate judicial nominees. I think that many of the problems experienced in the nomination process during the 109th Congress were directly related to Miers' incompetence in her job as White House Counsel. There was no reason why detrimental candidates like James Payne and lackluster candidates like Milan Smith and Bobby Shepherd were nominated. Not to mention, there is no excuse for the failure to nominate a replacement for Michael Luttig during the last Congress.

All that being said, if Bush chooses to nominate Miers to the Fifth Circuit, it wouldn't be such a bad idea. It is very likely that she would be confirmed. The Dems would have an embarrassing time trying to backtrack on their previous accolades. It would also be a chance for her to vindicate her Supreme Court nomination without doing too much judicial damage. Is she really truly the judicial conservative Bush originally claimed? I still think, however, that Senate requests for her personal memos as White House Counsel might make the White House think twice about nominating her. I personally think she is retiring so that she can become an organizer and fundraiser in Texas for Bush's presidential library.

She'd still be an unqualified crony of Bush's. It would be a PR problem for Bush as it would just remind everyone of what happened before and it would still look like he's trying to pack the courts with his friends instead of qualified judicial conservatives. No thanks.

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leads me to speculate that perhaps she will be nominated to the 5th Circuit

I had a similar thought. The Democrats approve of her, and the Republicans aren't going to raise a fuss. It takes time for confirmation to be completed.

The period following an election is a traditional time for senior executive positions to turn over. It's actually pretty unusual for someone in a senior position to serve on the White House staff or cabinet position for two full Presidential terms. She's been there six years, and has put in some very long hours. Perhaps it was just time to make a change. She will certainly have her pick of professional options back in Texas. I rather doubt that she will be nominated to the 5th Circuit, but whether she is or not I don't think the resignation tells us much, if anything. I'm not convinced she would even want to be nominated in the first place.
At any rate, my hope is that we will now see a little more energy from the White House on the judicial nominating front. Case in point: Judge Levi just announced will leave his Sacramento-based district court seat later this year to become the Dean of the Duke law school. This is a missed oportunity. Judge Levi, an imminently respected jurist and former prosecutor, would have been an ideal 9th Circuit nominee. Instead, the White House has stuck with the DOA nomination of William Myers to the 9th, which in turn has resulted in the hold-up of Randy Smith. I don't agree with Sen. Feinstein's position that the seat for which Smith was nominated is a CA seat, but if Myers (an ID nominee) was withdrawn and replaced by Levi (a CA nominee) then both Smith and Levi would have been swiftly confirmed. I realize there is a principle of up or down votes at issue here, but little has been done to advance the W. Myers nomination in some time. It's time to get serious about filling some of these open seats.

Although I was appalled by Miers' lack of qualifications for the Supreme Court, in comparison to Milan Smith and Bobby Shepherd, she appears to have the necessary credentials to be a COA judge. I have not been impressed with her organizational skills, but the rumor has it that Emilio Garza, a conservative well-liked by many on this site who is already on the Fifth Circuit, is also efficiency-challenged and that hasn't hurt the Fifth Circuit too much.

The failures to broker a Smith/Levi deal; implement the whole package on the 6th; and fill Luttig's seat with someone of comparable worth are as unbelievable each time you hear about them as they were they first time you heard about them.

Just for starters, now Levi is now off the bench & will be replaced by a mushy mediocrity at best, and the two Idaho seats are STILL unfilled and show NO signs of being filled.

This is the equivalent of the Detroit Lions drafting wide receivers three years in a row with a top-five pick. And guess where they're picking again this spring?

Of course, all can be forgiven if not forgotten if somehow JRB, McConnell or Easterbrook miraculously replace JPS, DHS, or RBG, but still.

Kelley's resume is pretty impressive, to say the least.

Too bad he's not an Hispanic female...[eyes roll]....

Speaking of Hispanic females: http://www.usccr.gov/cos/bio/braceras.htm

On record as saying Al Gore was too stupid to become POTUS. Daughter of the liberal judge Cabranes, tho. ;)

Thanks for the notice, BillM. Jennifer Braceras is now my No. 1 Hispanic female choice for the Supreme Court. :-)

My first thought was, "OK, fine for 5th circuit."

I've thought some more about the Kelo post I put up yesterday. It was the first time I'd heard his lungs had filled after surgery. It was the first time I learned he had been on a respirator.

I certainly don't know if all his "tangles" are gone or will come back. Common sense would seem to indicate that his brain suffered severe trauma that it would take a long time to begin recoring from.

The only thing new in the below post is that his angiogram provided good results, for which we are all grateful. There is a separate video at that site that provides video of the Senate going into session without Sen. Johnson.

01/03/2007
Johnson Has Angiogram

Statement from the Office of Senator Johnson:

U.S. Senator Tim Johnson (D-SD) underwent an angiogram this morning at George Washington University Hospital.

“Today’s angiogram revealed no evidence of residual arteriovenous malformation,” said Dr. Vivek Deshmukh, MD, neurosurgeon. “Senator Johnson continues to be responsive to both his family and physicians-- following commands, squeezing his wife’s hand, and understanding speech.”

Senator Tim Johnson underwent surgery for an intracranial hemorrhage caused by an arteriovenous malformation at George Washington University Hospital on December 13th. As a consequence of the initial hemorrhage, Senator Johnson developed fluid in his lungs. Doctors placed him on a ventilator to assist his breathing. "His breathing has steadily improved and now he only requires ventilator assistance at night," says Dr. Deshmukh.

“My family and I are so pleased with today’s angiogram results, and I want thank everyone for their constant prayers and support. Tim has had some challenging days since surgery, but step by step, he’s been making great progress. We know there is a long road in front of us, but Tim's determination will make all the difference and he’ll be back at work as soon as he can be. We ask that everyone keep us in their prayers,” said Barb Johnson, wife of U.S. Senator Tim Johnson.

Senator Johnson’s overall medical condition has improved steadily over the past three weeks. The next phase of his recovery is expected to take several months and focus upon rehabilitation and physical therapy.

Harriet, I wish you godspeed and nothing but happiness as you head back to Texas. And if the price of your departure is a seat on the 5th CC, I can live with it.

Now, let's get down to business. I hope the new Counsel is reading this thread, because there are lots of good ideas here. If the WH is smart, they will steal a page from the Dems and start off fast with judges. Bush should invite McConnell, Reid, Leahy and Specter to the WH and start the discussion. This will put judges on the front page, as well as putting a few carrots in front of the donks (give them a half dozen seats, if 30-35 are getting filled). I'm also assuming that with the exception of Randy Smith, all the rest of the Fab Five get dumped.

If they don't play ball, publicly hammer them for their obstruction. And if they do, it will be a nice win for our side, filling seats rather than leaving them open. Take the 80% victory, and live to fight again.

According to C-SPAN, Leahy has announced that that he will strictly follow the blue-slip procedure. That likely means that if Randy Smith is renominated to replace Trott again, his nomination will be dead on arrival. Leahy will say that Feinstein and Boxer must give blue-slip approval to him because the seat is a "California" seat and that will be the end of that. No doubt, both Feinstein and Boxer will return negative slips.

Also, it probably means no conservatives to replace any Fourth Circuit COA judges from Virginia. Reid and Leahy will make sure Webb stops any conservatives from being nominated and/or confirmed. Basically, this means that four out of the five open Fourth Circuit seats will have to go to moderates. Widener, Luttig and Wilkins will all be replaced by Webb with moderates, and Maryland's two Dem senators will demand a moderate replacement for Murnaghan. Only North Carolina's seat (presently occuppied by Boyle) has the possibility of being filled with a conservative (however, probably not by Boyle).

It's really sad to see the Fourth Circuit's conservatism watered down so quickly like this. Say thanks to the White House and Harriet Miers for this fiasco. They should've pulled Haynes sooner and made a much quicker nomination to replace Luttig.

Leahy has said that he will also strictly enforce the "Thurmond Rule". That means no committee hearings or votes, except under extraordinary circumstances approved by both the majority and minority leaders, for judicial nominees after July of 2008. I bet Leahy, in fact, stops consideration of Bush judicial nominees much sooner than that - probably he will stop the process completely in January of 2008 when the second session of the 110th Congress begins.

Leahy will keep his word on this - nothing will happen past July 2008, probably earlier. This is why Bush must move quickly to get judges approved - he has probably no more than 15 months. Let's see a little urgency for a change.

You beat me to it! I was going to list her!

Yes, she's awesome. In fact, would be a pretty good pick for White House Counsel on the merits. I would also not be surprised to see Rachel Brand.

http://www.whitehouse.gov/government/rbrand-bio.html

I think your idea re Bush bringing in McConnell, Reid, Leahy, and Specter is a very good one. He should do it within the first week.

Regarding blueslips, etc., any threats of them should be followed up with recess appointments of stong conservatives. I would prefer recess appointments of strong conservatives to permanent appointments of moderate losers, and take our chances with the next election. We can't give in to these people, who want nothing less than to undermine the Constitution and our way of life.

Here are a couple ideas for a replacement for John Negroponte, who resigned from the Director of National Intelligence post for a lower State Dept position:

Joe Lieberman
Judge Richard Posner

Lieberman would be good in the position, and would allow the Reps to take back the Senate. Posner would probably be even better. He's brillant, obviously, but he is also an expert on national security issues and in fact has written a very radical and insightful book on changing our national security and intelligence agencies for the better. Lastly, his resignation would allow Bush to replace him on the 7th Circuit (he's old enough) with someone like Steven Calabresi, or even with his son, Eric Posner.

Recess appointments are a losing proposition for both the Republican Party and the nominees themselves.

First, I disagree that it would be better for Republicans to wait to fill any controversial open vacancy until a possible Republican president takes control in 2009. To begin with, there is no guarantee that a Republican president will be elected in 2008. Secondly, there is no guarantee that even if there is a Republican president elected in 2008, that such a president will nominate conservative judicial nominees. At this point, there is no proof that any of the three Republican front-runners - McCain, Guiliani or Romney - can be counted on to nominate conservatives. There is just too much risk involved in waiting. What if Barack Obama or Hillary Clinton win? Then "squishy" Republican moderate nominees will be replaced by ULTRA-LIBERAL nominees. I would rather have a "squishy" Sandra Ikuta than an ultra-liberal Marsha Berzon any ole day.

As far as the nominees themselves are concerned, any recess-appointed nominee is most certainly signing his own death warrant as regards his nomination by accepting such an appointment. There is no way that Reid and Leahy will even consider processing such a nominee through committee and on the Senate floor under such obviously partisan conditions. Because of the numbers, there is no way that McConnell will be able to stop this Democrat obstructionism. McConnell will not force through a discharge petition, knowing full well that the Democrats can embarrassingly vote down such candidates on the full Senate floor.

Matthew, Durbin and Obama will have to give blue-slip approval to any replacement for Posner on the 7th Circuit. They will not give approval to any conservative, be it Stephen Calabresi or Eric Posner. To make matters worse, Obama would probably use a conservative nomination as a political issue in his presidential campaign. Anyway, Bush seemingly has already chosen a replacement for Negroponte, Mike McConnell.

As far as Lieberman goes, he will never betray the Democrat Party by handing the Senate to the Republicans. His party may have betrayed him, but I think he is basically an honorable man.

On the Senate floor, Specter just said that Leahy will hold committee votes on the 13 judicial nominees left on the Executive Calendar at the end of the 109th Congress in the first SJC business meeting next week.

Discussions on replacements for non-judicial posts, please elsewhere.

Note how Hatch got Thurmond to waive this rule for Breyer in late 1980...

If Rachel Brand is who I think she is, she's pretty moderate for a Silberman/Rehnquist clerk.

The post was relevant - it included JUDGE Posner.

Rachel Brand was a Kennedy clerk on the Supreme Court and before that was a clerk for Charles Fried on the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court. Supposedly she was very instrumental in the "murder boards" for both Roberts and Alito. By reputation, she is a conservative. Personally, I think she would be a good nominee for either the Fourth Circuit or the D.C. Circuit. I don't know, however, if she would be eligible for the Fourth Circuit because I don't know if she lives in Virginia or Maryland.

Considering Jennifer Braceras, I think she would be a good nominee for the First Circuit in Boston because she lives in Concord, Massachusetts. Unfortunately, there are not any "Massachusetts" seats open on the First Circuit right now.

While it is good news that these nominees will be confirmed, this just means that 13 nominees at the end of this Congress will not be confirmed. The Democrats have a certain number of confirmations that they think they have to do and after they reach that number, there will not be any more confirmations. I place the blame for this on Sam Brownback. It seems his hold on the Michigan judge held up the rest of the nominees as well. His grandstanding for his hopeless presidential campaign will cost us 13 nominees in the end.

Also, does anyone think that Levin and Stabenow will blue slip the 2 6th COA nominees?

Have they been re-nominated? If the WH doesn't do its part by sending their names back to the Senate, then Leahy's and Specter's promise of a committee vote is pointless. The office in charge of nominations hasn't shown any sense of urgency in the past, so why, now that it has lost its leader, would anyone believe that they have anything on their minds other than replacing that leader?

Levin and Stabenow may not directly blue-slip Murphy and Kethledge, but still seek to derail their nominations by not submitting any slips at all on them. That is how Spencer Abraham blocked Levin's cousin, Helene White, in Clinton's second term.

I just can't see Levin and Stabenow allowing the confirmation of Murphy and Kethledge. I'm sure they feel very close to keeping the 6th Circuit in liberal hands by delaying filling the two Michigan COA openings. I would be shocked if Leahy moves on either Murphy or Kethledge.

Miers' departure seems to be the work of Josh Bolten. Rather than embarrassingly forcing her out when he first took over, Bolten apparently allowed Miers a grace period in which to "consider" her resignation. I bet that a replacement has already been decided on, and that there will be no disruption in the nomination process. I think Bush will renominate the 13 judicial candidates either on Monday or Tuesday. I just hope he doesn't foolishly renominate Boyle, Myers or Haynes at the same time.

The question I have never been clear about is whether or not Murphy and Kethledge are part of the 6th COA deal that was made a few month ago. Did that deal include these 2 nominees or did that deal just include the district court nominees?

The initial articles about the deal implied that Murphy and Kethledge were part of the deal, but the situation with Brownback's hold on Neff appears to have muddied the waters. I have never read anything that has directly stated that Murphy and Kethledge were definitively part of the deal.

Another very bad part of what Brownback is doing is highlighting the liberal judge in this deal. People who don't understand what is going on read that Bush nominated a judge who is in favor of gay marriage. Brownback initially placed his hold a few weeks before the 2006 election. Who knows how many conservative Christians read an article that stated Brownback was blocking a liberal Bush nominee. I saw several posts on Free Republic before the election about this and every comment about the article showed anger toward the President that he would nominate such a liberal nominee. How many of these people stayed home? All of this so Brownback can get from 5% to 10% in Iowa.

Yeah, I should've cut/pasted the link on Brand. She was also mentioned in UTR for her uncanny resemblence to Alito's sister. For heaven's sake, let's get her (and Paul Clement) on the 4th.

The "moderate" Silberman/Rehnquist clerk I'm thinking of has been mentioned here before, and was also featured in a SCOTUS nominees of the year 2025 type article in the NYT.

Brownback. Just a disaster.

And, yes, have to wish the best for poor ol' Harriet. She just was simply in over her head at all times, and she never lied about being anything other than a Barbara/Laura/Condi type moderate.

Too bad Bush couldn't channel Lincoln and nominate Luttig for AG and keep Gonzo as Counsel.

Oughta be a LOLapaLOLza if Bush renominates Boyle, Haynes, & Myers next week, which there's no indication he won't.

Aurel, it does have bearing on judicial appts. if Joe L. is nominated and GOP regains Senate control. Alas, I've indicated before and Bush has shown that he doesnt' play this way--see Sec Def and UN ambassador. And this Joe likes his position in the Senate just fine (unless Reid, Schumer and Co. tick him off).

I will be extremely surprised if Ms. Miers is nominated for the Fifth Circuit. I fully expect her to head back to Texas, make a lot of money and be involved in the G.W. Library.

Also, Rachel Brand is certainly going to be a A-star, but she is not going to be White House Counsel just yet. Five years ago she was still a SCOTUS clerk. Not yet, not yet.

How about, in addition to Kelley, Bradford Berenson? Or Joel Kaplan?

Or, imporably but attractively, Miguel Estrada?

In any case, expect a Bolton protege.

Alternatively, if they expect a lot of investigations with the Democrats in control, they might bring in an older hand, with a lot of clout on the Hill and experience with such matters.

Here is what ultra-liberal activist Ralph Neas is saying in advance of Bush's new nominations:

http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=23358

"Not even two weeks after the election, Bush renominated some of his most extreme and controversial nominees: William Haynes, Terrence Boyle, Peter Keisler, William Myers, and Michael Wallace (more information on these nominees is available here). It was an act of defiance and provocation, and a signal to the Radical Right that President Bush is still their man. The Washington Post, which has provided editorial support for some of Bush’s most controversial nominees, said it smacked of “GOP chest-thumping and a gratuitous thumbing of the nose at bipartisanship.” Wallace has since asked that his nomination be withdrawn."

What really boils me about this quote is Neas' grouping of Keisler with Boyle, Myers and Wallace. This is exactly what I predicted would happen if Bush renominated The Fatal Five in September: Keisler would become tainted by association with the toxicity of Boyle and Co. This just makes me sick. The liberals are trying to ruin Keisler's nomination, and certain Republicans stupidly played right into their hands by renominating The Fatal Five, something which allowed the Dems to tar and feather Keisler by association.

The PFAW memo quoted above should be considered proof positive that any renomination of Boyle, Myers or Haynes will only serve to poison the Senate well. Those renominations will antagonize Reid and Leahy so much that will stop any further consideration of Bush nominees just for spite. If he wants another six months to a year of judicial confirmations, Bush would be a fool to renominate Boyle, Myers or Haynes.

According to the WaPo, Miers was let go because Josh Bolten didn't think she had the necessary legal know-how to protect presidential prerogatives in what the White House is anticipating to be a war over internal Executive Branch documents with the Dem-controlled Congress:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR200701...

So she was nominated to the Supreme Court when they knew she lacked this knowledge?

Josh Bolten is the one who appears to have made Bush aware of the fact that Miers was a weak link. I don't think anyone prior to Bolten had the guts to tell Bush that nice, sweet Harriet wasn't exactly a legal genius.

I just spent the last 30 minutes thinking about what our situation would be if Kerry had won the last election and had filled the last 2 vacancies on the SC. This was not a good idea as I don't think I will sleep well tongight. If Kerry had won, I really think the fight for the courts would have been over and we would have lost.

Does anyone have a current list of who is in the Counsel's office at the moment?

Perhaps the "moderate" you guys were thinking of is Jennifer Newstead at Davis Polk?

http://www.dpw.com/lawyers/bio/newstead.htm

"Ms. Newstead became a partner in 2006. She rejoined the firm in 2005 after serving as General Counsel of the Office of Management and Budget in the Executive Office of the President. Prior to that, she served as Associate White House Counsel from May 2002 to August 2003 and as a Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice from April 2001 to May 2002. She was an associate at Davis Polk from 1997 to 2001.

Ms. Newstead graduated, magna cum laude, from Harvard University in 1991 and in 1994 received her J.D. from Yale Law School, where she was managing editor of the Yale Law Journal. She clerked for the Honorable Laurence H. Silberman, U.S. Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit, from 1994 to 1995. She clerked for the Honorable Stephen G. Breyer of the U.S. Supreme Court from 1995 to 1996. She is admitted to the bar of New York."

I don't know if she's a "moderate," but she did clerk for Silberman and was featured in that NYT article about future SCOTUS nominees (way in the future).

I agree with you about Keisler. However, I believe if he is renominated and the others are not, he will be in the clear and will ultimately be confirmed.

can be brokered for the Fourth. I mentioned it before. Do it as a package deal.

1 liberal from Md to replace a liberal (Murnahgan).
1 conservative from Va to replace a conservative (Luttig)
1 moderate from Va to replace a conservative (Widener)
1 conservative from NC to replace a moderate (Phillips)
1 conservatives from SC to replace conservative (Wilkins)

This would keep the court's "balance." And it should get Democratic approval because they get a liberal and a moderate. Webb would sign off on that if he gets to pick the moderate. Do it as a package deal and fill the seats.

Here is a new article about Michigan nominees. It talks as if only the three district court nominees were part of a package deal, and not Murphy and Kethledge:

http://www.mlive.com/news/statewide/index.ssf?/base/news-8/1167957605128...

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This is the problem; supposedly Murphy and Kethledge were part of the package, and yet Neff (the democrat) is going to go through before they do, and then they can be stalled into oblivion.

I don't think Neff should be blocked, instead Murphy and Kethledge should be immediately voted out of committee and all confirmed together. Neff should wait for them.

Aurel - here is a list, courtesy of the Leadership Library:

Deputy Assistant to the President and Deputy Counsel to the President William K. Kelley
Education: Marquette 1984 BA; Harvard 1987 JD
Career: Law Clerk, Judge Kenneth W. Starr, United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit (1987-1988); Law Clerk, Chief Justice Warren E. Burger, Supreme Court of the United States (1988-1989); Law Clerk, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, Supreme Court of the United States (1988-1989); Assistant to the Solicitor General, United States Department of Justice (1991-1994); Associate Professor, Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, Notre Dame Law School (1995-2005)

Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President Jennifer R. Brosnahan

Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President Leslie Fahrenkopf

Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President John Mitnick

Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President (Vacant)

Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President (Vacant)

Special Assistant to the President and Associate Counsel to the President (Vacant)

Associate Counsel/Clearance Rene Augustine
Education: Vanderbilt 1990 JD

Associate Counsel to the President Paul R. Eckert
Education: Tulane; William & Mary JD
Career: Partner, Securities Enforcement Group, Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP

Associate Counsel to the President Kenneth Kiyul Lee
Education: Cornell; Harvard JD
Career: Special Counsel, Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate; Litigation Associate, Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen and Katz

Associate Counsel to the President Brent J. McIntosh
Education: Michigan BA; Yale JD
Career: Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice; Deputy Assistant Attorney General, Office of Legal Policy, Office of the Deputy Attorney General, United States Department of Justice

Associate Counsel to the President Christopher G. Oprison
Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 175, Washington, DC 20502-0001
Education: UCLA; George Washington JD
Career: Law Clerk, Chambers of Circuit Judge Fred I. Parker, United States Courts of Appeals; Senior Litigation Associate, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Associate Counsel to the President John M. Smith
Education: Princeton 1995 BA; Brigham Young 2001 JD
Career: Law Clerk, The Honorable Samuel A. Alito Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Associate Counsel to the President Cheryl Stanton
Eisenhower Executive Office Building, 1650 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Room 175, Washington, DC 20502-0001
Education: Williams; Chicago JD
Career: Shareholder, Olgetree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, PC; Law Clerk, Circuit Judge Samuel A. Alito Jr., United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit (1997-1998)

Clearance Assistant Elisabeth Scheneman
Career: Staff Assistant, Presidential Messages, The White House Office, Executive Office of the President

Deputy Associate Director Landon M. Gibbs
Career: Staff Assistant, White House Counsel’s Office, Executive Office of the President

Paralegal Paul Perkins
Career: Staff Assistant, White House Counsel’s Office, Executive Office of the President

Staff Assistant Ryan Brady

Staff Assistant Curtis Isakson

According to the WaPo article on Miers, the White House has hired Michael Scudder to join the White House Counsel's Office:

"Sources said the White House hired a fourth new associate counsel just this week, Michael Scudder, a former federal prosecutor in New York who had been working at the Justice Department on national security issues."

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/01/04/AR200701...

Here's that Little Supremes articles:

http://www.lawschool.com/littlesupremes.htm