The newest Supreme Court nominee, Harriet E. Miers, has sparked recent controversy. Ms. Miers is a conservative who is probably most well known for her time spent as president of the Bar exam in Texas. While she held the position from 1991-1992, Ms. Miers was known for her very diverse mentality, pertaining to both race and sex. She was said to be changing the system for the benefit of females, hispanics, and blacks. The integration of all races and sexes to the Texas Bar is somewhat similar to the case in 1954 of Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kans.

The case stated that the segregation of public schools was unconstitutional. The verdict was determined by the Supreme Court after a girl, Linda Brown, was denied admission to her local public school because she was black. By 1955 all schools were forced to desegragate as fast as possible, and though this caused several problems throughout the south, integration slowly spread throughout the southern states. Despite their differences, Harriet Miers attempt to make the Texas Bar less segragated is similar to the integration of national public schools.