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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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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.
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.
Dan Balz / Washington Post:
A Bid for Confirmation, Rather Than Convictions  —  If President Bush's goal is to shift the Supreme Court in a more conservative direction, his nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers yesterday signaled a desire to do so as quietly as possible.  The nomination appeared designed primarily …
Douglas W. Kmiec / Washington Post:
An 'Honest Broker'  —  Rush to prejudgment.  This is pretty much the order of the day regarding Harriet Miers.  Crony.  Intellectual lightweight.  Souter redux — all of these political epithets have been tossed hurriedly and ungraciously toward President Bush's nominee for the Supreme Court.
Washington Post:
Conservative Republicans Divided Over Nominee  —  President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court splintered the Republican Party's conservative base, with reaction from key senators and groups ranging from hostility to silence to praise.  —  Several right-leaning lawmakers …
Discussion: ACSBlog and Wonkette
Michelle Malkin:
MIERS & THE MORNING AFTER  —  ***scroll for updates...Bush Rose Garden press conference scheduled for 1030am EDT...a few liveblogging notes...other reax...***  —  Well, it's a new day.  Upon sober reflection, President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court appears...even worse than it did 24 hours ago.
Hubris:
S**t Sandwich Suprisingly Tasty; I Give It A B+
Discussion: damnum absque injuria
Dahlia Lithwick / Slate:   The New Kid  —  John Roberts' first day at school.
Daily Kos:
OH-Sen: contested primary in the cards?  —  So this is weird.  —  A few months ago, Rep. Sherrod Brown was being begged to run for Senate in Ohio.  Brown demurred.  Rep. Tim Ryan passed, so the baton was passed on to Paul Hackett, which had electrified progressives nationwide …
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David Hammer / Associated Press:   Hackett to Challenge DeWine for Senate
New York Times:
Slowing Is Seen in Housing Prices in Hot Markets  —  A row of homes in Washington.  In Fairfax County, Va., homes for sale rose nearly 50 percent in August.  —  A real estate slowdown that began in a handful of cities this summer has spread to almost every hot housing market in the country, including New York.
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 …
Eric Auchard / Reuters:
Mayor sees wireless service as basic right  —  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom, who became internationally known for his campaign a year ago to legalise gay marriage, said on Monday he considered wireless Internet access a fundamental right of all citizens.
Discussion: Classical Values
Kimberly Hefling / Associated Press:
Six Democratic War Vets Seek House Seats  —  WASHINGTON - Lawyer Patrick Murphy and five other veterans of the Iraq war are asking questions about President Bush's policies in Iraq as part of their broader Democratic campaigns to win congressional seats in next year's elections.
Discussion: AMERICAblog and Big Brass Blog
Jon Dougherty / WorldNetDaily:
Oklahoma bomber had jihad material  —  Documents found in apartment of student who blew himself up  —  An Oklahoma University student who killed himself by detonating a bomb strapped to his body outside a packed stadium over the weekend was a "suicide bomber" in possession of "Islamic jihad" materials, according to a new report.
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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