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.

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