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Randy E. Barnett / Opinion Journal:
Cronyism — Alexander Hamilton wouldn't approve of Justice Harriet Miers. — During the Clinton impeachment imbroglio, Alexander Hamilton's definition of "impeachable offense" from Federalist No. 65 was plastered from one end of the media to the other. With the nomination of Harriet Miers …
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Patrick J. Buchanan / Human Events:
Miers' Qualifications Are 'Non-Existent' — Handed a once-in-a-generation opportunity to return the Supreme Court to constitutionalism, George W. Bush passed over a dozen of the finest jurists of his day — to name his personal lawyer. — In a decision deeply disheartening to those who invested …
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Peter Baker / Washington Post:
Once More, Bush Turns To His Inner Circle — About two weeks ago, White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr. told presidential counsel Harriet Miers to add another name to the Supreme Court selection process she was leading. The new candidate: Harriet Miers. — "What do you mean me?" she asked, according to a colleague.
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Anne Gearan / Associated Press:
Miers Led Bid to Revisit Abortion Stance — President Bush's choice to fill the seat of retiring Supreme Court Justice and moderate abortion rights supporter Sandra Day O'Connor was a leader in an unsuccessful fight to get the nation's largest lawyers' group to reconsider its pro-abortion rights stance.
hughhewitt.com:
Do You Trust Them? — Earlier I posted my reaction to the nomination of Harriet Miers. Some very good friends of mine are disappointed, like Peter Robinson. Other very serious conservative thinkers on matters involving the SCOTUS are disappointed, like Mark Levin.
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Fred Barnes / Weekly Standard:
The Nominee You Know — IF ALL GOES WELL, Harriet Miers will turn out to be a less impressive version of John Roberts: that is, a judicial conservative, or constitutionalist, who will cause the ideological balance on the Supreme Court to shift to the right.
Patrick Ruffini '05:
Harriet Miers, Conservative — At the risk of drawing the undying enmity of The Herd, I'm going to state categorically that conservatism is sitting pretty at this hour. That's because Harry Reid has just been hosed - and he doesn't even know it. — The navel gazers are nabobing about another Souter.
U.S. Newswire:
Dobson Welcomes Miers' Nomination; Praises President Bush's 'Remarkable Consistency' in Judicial Appointments — Contact: Christopher Norfleet, 719-548-4570 or Paul Hetrick, 719-531-3336, both of Focus on the Family Action, culturalissues@focusaction.org — COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. …
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S**t Sandwich Suprisingly Tasty; I Give It A B+ — by Hugh Hewitt — I know what you're thinking: "Why should I try a s**t sandwich?" I might have felt the same way a few days ago, but now I'm a believer. — I was chatting with an administration insider over the weekend.
naral.org:Harriet Miers Must Demonstrate Support for Fundamental American Freedoms
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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:Hewitt on Miers — In the course of an otherwise plausible defense …
Betsy / Betsy's Page:Well, there is a lot of pushback in the blogosphere and in …
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Associated Press:
Texas grand jury indicts DeLay on new charge — House Majority Leader charged with money laundering — AUSTIN, Texas - A Texas grand jury on Monday indicted U.S. Rep. Tom DeLay on a new charge of money laundering. — A different grand jury whose six-month term ended last week indicted …
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Gina Holland / Associated Press:
Justice Roberts Takes Supreme Court Bench — WASHINGTON - Chief Justice John Roberts took the Supreme Court bench for the first time Monday, as smiling justices stood and greeted their new leader. — Justice John Paul Stevens, the senior member, wished the 50-year-old Roberts "a long and happy career in our common calling."
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The Australian:
Mark Steyn: Islamist way or no way — IT'S not just the environmentalists who think globally and act locally. The jihadi who murdered Newcastle woman Jennifer Williamson, Perth teenager Brendan Fitzgerald and a couple of dozen more Australians, Indonesians, Japanese and others had certain things …
Lawrence Solum / lsolum.blogspot.com:
Federalist No. 76 — In Number 76 of the Federalist Papers, Alexander Hamilton wrote: — To what purpose then require the co-operation of the Senate? I answer, that the necessity of their concurrence would have a powerful, though, in general, a silent operation.
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Simon & Schuster to Publish Anthology of Military Blogger Experiences — In the past, the experiences of war have produced poetry and novels and memoirs. The War on Terror is different: we're seeing through a new set of eyes, a new kind of literature. In real time, on the Internet …
Carol D. Leonnig / Washington Post:
Lawyer Casts Blame on Reporter for Time in Jail — Source Insists He Released Miller to Testify Last Year — A lawyer for I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby, Vice President Cheney's chief of staff, said yesterday that New York Times reporter Judith Miller and her attorneys are responsible …
