Former White House counsel Harriet Miers once aspired to serve on the Supreme Court, a bid that failed in 2005. Now, back in private practice, she’s angling to argue a case before the high court.
Miers, nominated to the Supreme Court by President George W. Bush, filed a certiorari petition May 22 in a dispute about whether state and local governments have authority to tax natural gas that is held temporarily in storage in an interstate pipeline system.
The Supreme Court has not ruled on the petition. But the Court on Aug. 4 called for a response from opposing counsel, a sign that shows the Court’s interest in the petition.
The petition Miers filed on behalf of Missouri Gas Energy is her fourth—and the first since she returned to private practice in May 2007. Miers said in her Senate questionnaire that she represented clients in three cases in which certiorari was sought. The Supreme Court denied cert in each of the cases.
Miers, a partner in the Washington, Dallas, and Austin offices of Locke Lord Bissell & Liddell, withdrew her Supreme Court nomination in October 2005 amid criticism and wanin support from conservative lawmakers. Miers left government service in 2007 and rejoined Locke Lord, a firm she co-managed before leaving joining the Bush administration in 2001. Miers is a partner in the firm’s public policy and litigation groups.
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