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But on Oct. 3 , 2005 , when he announced he had picked Miers , his loyal legal counsel , to succeed retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor , the right wing of their own party skewered both Bush and Miers.A little more than three weeks later , she withdrew from contention amid the unrelenting backlash , particularly from conservatives , who argued that there were far better candidates.Miers ' resume was filled with firsts : first woman president of the Dallas Bar Association , first woman president of the Texas bar , first woman president of her law firm.She was Bush 's personal lawyer in Texas , took on the thankless job of cleaning up the Texas Lottery when he was governor and followed him to Washington to serve as staff secretary . U.S. immigration laws , such as caps on H-1B visas for skilled workers , are making it harder for foreigners to move to the country , the report said . Under California 's Determinate Sentencing Law , Cunningham 's crime was punishable by six , 12 or 16 years in prison . These talks have yielded some results , such as the exchange of family visits organized in 1989 . boys in reading is equivalent to 1.5 years of schooling , and though men continue to be over-represented in college level science and engineering , girls are now more likely to go to college and persist in earning a degree , " Dee said in a recent working paper published by the National Bureau of Economic Research.Dee found that assigning boys to male teachers and girls to female instructors " significantly improves the achievement of both girls and boys as well as teacher perceptions of student performance and student engagement with the teacher 's subject . " The justices have taken a decreasing number of cases in recent years , and this term , which will end this summer , is likely to continue that trend.Sometimes the court 's decisions are dramatic , such as 2005 's Roper v. Simmons , which forbade the execution of those who were younger than 18 at the time of their crimes . " Worried that surprise raids are driving away workers who are their lifeblood , businesses are pooling their money and joining unusually broad alliances that include labor unions and civil rights groups to push Congress to overhaul the nation 's immigration laws.The coalition Alliance for Immigration Reform 2007 announced its formation this week , placing the force of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce , Service Employees International Union and the nation 's largest Hispanic civil rights group behind a unified lobbying effort to get a law passed before the politics of the 2008 presidential campaign make a compromise on the contentious issue unworkable . Some have upheld deportations based on state felonies , such as simple drug possession , that would not be felonies under federal law.The seemingly technical dispute could have real-world consequences for thousands of green-card holders . Still , scholars said that his opinions since joining the 3rd Circuit in 1990 yield important clues , such as which areas of law he is passionate about , whether he strives for consensus and how his views align with Supreme Court decisions.To examine his record , The Post looked at how Alito voted on all 221 cases he has helped to decide in which the 3rd Circuit - - which handles appeals from Pennsylvania , New Jersey , Delaware and the Virgin Islands - - issued a divided ruling .