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U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court — SPECTER: Senator Cornyn? — CORNYN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. — Judge Alito, welcome to the committee, and to your family as well. — I'm a little surprised to learn that you have a triply high burden for confirmation here.
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National Review:
Alito and the Ted Kennedy "Study" — The Democratic senator bases his charges on a very wobbly foundation — In his opening statement at the Samuel Alito confirmation hearings Monday afternoon, Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy cited an academic study which he said showed that average Americans …
Washington Post:
Alito Stresses 'Rule of Law' in Opening Statement — Senate Questioning Of Supreme Court Pick Begins Today — Samuel A. Alito Jr. sought to reassure senators yesterday that divisive policies he once advocated as a government lawyer do not necessarily signal how he would rule if confirmed …
Media Matters for America:
MSNBC guests skewed right during first day of Alito confirmation hearing … A Media Matters for America review of MSNBC's live coverage of the first day of Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr.'s confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee on January 9 showed …
Lindsey Powell / SCOTUSblog:Alito Hearings: 1/9/2006 — 3:39: Specter adjourns the hearing until Tuesday morning.
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Thomas B. Edsall / Washington Post:Christian Right Mobilizes For Judge
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The Carpetbagger Report, philly, New York Times, www.AndrewSullivan.com, Wonkette and The All Spin Zone
Ken I. Kersch / Opinion Journal:'Mainstream' Bias — What Sam Alito and Louis Brandeis have in common.
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Guardian:
US troops seize award-winning Iraqi journalist — American troops in Baghdad yesterday blasted their way into the home of an Iraqi journalist working for the Guardian and Channel 4, firing bullets into the bedroom where he was sleeping with his wife and children.
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Create an e-annoyance, go to jail — Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime. — It's no joke. Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.
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Liz Austin / Associated Press:
Texas Court Won't Dismiss DeLay Charges — AUSTIN, Texas - The state's highest criminal court on Monday denied Rep. Tom DeLay's request that the money laundering charges against him be dismissed or sent back to a lower court for an immediate trial. — The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied …
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The Carpetbagger Report, PoliBlog, The Moderate Voice, IntoxiNation-News … and Talking Points Memo
Greg Sargent / TAPPED:
JOE KLEIN PHONES IT IN — AGAIN. Ezra is right to shred Joe Klein's column below — because it's only the latest example of the Time columnist's regurgitation of the GOP talking point that Dem criticism of the Bush administration amounts to nothing more than opposition to fighting terrorists.
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Associated Press:
Sen. Kennedy to Publish Children's Book — NEW YORK - Meet the latest children's author, Sen. Ted Kennedy, and his Portuguese Water Dog, Splash, his co-protagonist in "My Senator and Me: A Dogs-Eye View of Washington, D.C." — Scholastic Inc. will release the book in May.
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Mark Schmitt / tpmcafe.com:
Please, Don't Say "Lobbying Reform" — Democrats and Republicans are falling over each other to introduce "lobbying reform" bills — requiring lobbyists to disclose contacts with legislators, banning trips, etc. By the end of next week, we will have between two and four lobbying reform packages …
Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Abduction of American Reporter in Iraq Blacked Out By U.S. News Outlets — NEW YORK The abduction of a Christian Science Monitor reporter in Iraq on Saturday was not disclosed by major U.S. media outlets for nearly two days after the Monitor requested that the incident, and the reporter's name and affiliation, be withheld.
Matthew Yglesias / yglesias.tpmcafe.com:
Matt Yglesias Front Page — Carts, Horses, and Judges — The scant merits of his nomination aside, I think it's unlikely that we'll see a serious anti-Alito effort from Democrats on the Hill. The political judgment going into that strategy may be mistaken (I tend to find the case …
Herald Sun:
Camilla's protector paid out — A BLACK police bodyguard who protected the Duchess of Cornwall has won $70,000 compensation after suing Scotland Yard for "over-promoting" him because of political correctness. — Sgt Leslie Turner — the first black personal protection officer to guard the royal family …
Tom Abate / San Francisco Chronicle:
Americans saving less than nothing — Spending could outstrip income in 2005, which hasn't happened since the Depression — When the Commerce Department recently tallied up consumer finances for November, it found that Americans shelled out more money than they took in.
BBC:
US draws up space tourism rules — Space tourists must be screened to ensure they are not terrorists, according to proposed regulations from the US Federal Aviation Administration. — The draft report's suggestions aim to prevent a terrorist from destroying a spacecraft or using it as a weapon.
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