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Tom Goldstein / SCOTUSblog:
Welcome to the Roberts Confirmation Hearings — 12:50 - Senator Grassley says that Roberts appears to be extremely well qualified, and is impressed with his view of the "limited role" of the courts. He is the first to say he wants to ask Roberts about his responsibilities as head of the federal judiciary …
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Sentencing Law and Policy
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Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Hearings Tempest Downgraded to Topical Storm — Hurricane Katrina is having a gale-force impact on the John Roberts confirmation hearings. — When the Senate hearings begin this morning, the cable news networks plan to dip in and out after carrying some opening statements.
Matt Margolis / Blogs for Bush:
Roberts Hearings: Live Blogging Day 1 — most recent updates on top... UPDATE, 3:33 PM EDT: Roberts concludes... Recess until 9:30 tomorrow morning. Will post Roberts' complete opening statement shortly. — UPDATE, 3:32 PM EDT: Roberts is doing a great job. "I come before the committee with no agenda... no platform."
Washington Post:
Senate To Start Roberts Hearings — Nominee's Views Could Shape Court for Years — The Senate convenes the first confirmation hearing for a chief justice nominee in nearly two decades today, starting a week of admonitions and questions for John G. Roberts Jr. certain to probe deeply …
Associated Press:
FEMA Director Michael Brown resigns — Chief steps down following removal from role in New Orleans aid effort — WASHINGTON - Federal Emergency Management Agency director Mike Brown said Monday he has resigned "in the best interest of the agency and best interest of the president," …
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MyDD, The Left Coaster, Think Progress, Oliver Willis, PSoTD, The All Spin Zone and California Conservative
Robert Novak / realclearpolitics.com:
Replacing O'Connor Could Get Ugly — WASHINGTON — With Senate confirmation of Judge John G. Roberts Jr. as chief justice virtually assured, the struggle for the Supreme Court returns to replacing retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. The belief in legal and political circles is that President Bush …
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Article III Groupie / Underneath Their Robes:Breaking News: Clerkly Clues to the Justices' Plans!
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Lamia Lahoud / Jerusalem Post:
Rajoub: PA to fight terror only if IDF pulls back more — The Palestinian Authority will take all necessary steps to fight terror in Gaza provided Israel withdraws completely and gives hope there will be negotiations over a Palestinian state and more pullbacks from the West Bank …
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Associated Press:
NBC's Williams: Journalists' gloves off — NEW YORK (AP) — NBC's Brian Williams says the lasting legacy of Hurricane Katrina for journalists may be the end of an unusual four-year period of deference to people in power. — There were so many angry, even incredulous …
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Deacon / Power Line:
YEARNING FOR A CARTERESQUE WAR ON TERROR — The only thing worse than an MSM piece that's plainly devoid of analysis is an MSM piece that contains its illusion. A case in point is this shockingly bad article by Newsweek's Michael Hirsh that appeared in today's Washington Post.
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Mark Hosenball / Newsweek:
Iraq: Planning For Pullout — Sept. 19, 2005 issue - Analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency have begun war-gaming scenarios for what might happen in Iraq if U.S. force levels were cut back or eliminated, say counterterrorism and defense sources. The officials, who asked not to be named …
Bbmoe / Quid Nimis:
Carnival of the Revolutions — Submissions from bloggers around the globe concerning Freedom and Democracy and all that good stuff. — Introduction — A common theme that runs through many posts about democracy's progress, or lack there of, is the freedom of the press.
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Armies of Liberation
Sadie / fistfuloffortnights.net:
RINOs Without A Hero? — Inspired by Vanity Fair by William Makepiece Thackeray (LONDON, June 28, 1848) — As the Commissar of the RINOs sits before the curtain on the boards and gazes into the political arena, a feeling of profound melancholy washes over his haggard and weary face.
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Argghhh!
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush Denies Racial Component to Response — NEW ORLEANS — President Bush denied Monday there was any racial component to people being left behind after Hurricane Katrina, despite suggestions from some critics that the response would have been quicker if so many of the victims hadn't been poor and black.