WASHINGTON - OCTOBER 03: U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) reacts as he speaks on the nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court during a news briefing October 3, 2005 on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC. U.S. President George W. Bush has nominated Miers to succeed Sandra Day O'Connor to be the next associated justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)
