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2:30 AM ET, March 10, 2007

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Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
TIMETABLE ON SUPREME COURT REVIEW OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT CASE, AND THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION: Say that the D.C. Circuit decides not to rehear the case en banc; that probably means the en banc petition will be denied within several months.  Assume that it's denied by late June …
Discussion: Redstate and Clayton Cramer's BLOG
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Howard Bashman / How Appealing:
BREAKING NEWS — Divided three-judge D.C. Circuit panel holds that the District of Columbia's gun control laws violate individuals' Second Amendment rights: You can access today's lengthy D.C. Circuit ruling at this link.  —  According to the majority opinion, "[T]he phrase 'the right of the people …
Washington Post:
Appeals Court Guts D.C. Gun Ban
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, Taylor Marsh and PostWatch
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:
D.C. CIRCUIT ACCEPTS INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS VIEW OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT …
Discussion: SayUncle
Brett Zongker / Associated Press:
Appeals court overturns D.C. gun ban
Discussion: seejanemom
Matt Stoller / MyDD:
Roger Ailes Jokes About Obama as Terrorist  —  This is a rather extraordinary speech that Roger Ailes gave last night.  He's clearly very frustrated with the organizing against Fox News.  But let's start out with his jokes. … Bill Clinton cheats on his wife, France is weak, and Obama is a terrorist.
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Melinda Henneberger / The Huffington Post:
Democrats Dump Fox  —  The Huffington Post can confirm that the Nevada Democratic Party has decided to back out of a Fox News-sponsored presidential debate in August following Fox President Roger Ailes's recent remarks comparing Democratic Senator Barack Obama to al Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden.
Brian / TVNewser:
RTNDF 1st Amendment Awards: Transcript Of Roger Ailes' Acceptance Speech  —  Fox News Channel chairman Roger Ailes accepted the RTNDF's 2007 First Amendment Leadership Award tonight.  In a wide-ranging speech, he thanked reporters like Steve Centanni who "faced death for a single reason — they're journalists."
Hotline On Call:
Ailes Changes His Tune On Debates  —  An alert reader pointed us to a August 25, 1988 Washington Post article about VP George H.W. Bush's refusal to agree to a pre-9/20 debate with Michael Dukakis.  Bush adviser Roger Ailes demurs: … Last night, at the RTNDF dinner, Ailes made it clear that his views have ... evolved.
Lauren Frayer / Associated Press:
Insurgent leader nabbed in Iraq raid  —  BAGHDAD - The leader of the al-Qaida-affiliated Islamic State of Iraq was captured Friday in a raid west of Baghdad — his identity revealed by a fellow insurgent detained with him, an Iraqi military spokesman said.  —  Abu Omar al-Baghdadi was captured …
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Dennis Lormel / Counterterrorism Blog:
National Security Letters...An Important Investigative Tool for the FBI  —  Periodically, media stories appear articulating a sense of concern about the increased use of National Security Letters (NSLs) by the FBI since 9/11.  Civil libertarians and critics of the FBI use these reports …
Discussion: Silent Running
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David Cay Johnston / New York Times:
I.R.S. Letting Tax Lawyers Write Rules  —  The Internal Revenue Service is asking tax lawyers and accountants who create tax shelters and exploit loopholes to take the lead in writing some of its new tax rules.  —  The pilot project represents a further expansion of the increasingly common …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
"IT'S THE FOX DESIGNING THE HENHOUSE"....David Cay Johnston reports today …
Discussion: Eschaton
Juan Carlos Llorca / Associated Press:
Priests to purify site after Bush visit  —  GUATEMALA CITY - Mayan priests will purify a sacred archaeological site to eliminate "bad spirits" after President Bush visits next week, an official with close ties to the group said Thursday.  —  "That a person like (Bush) …
Shakespeare's Sister:
Naughtywords  —  Yup, I use 'em—and when I do, it's not because I'm so moronic as to lift an image from a Google Search without even paying attention to what it says.  —  In case you can't make out the text, here's a still image in which they're clearer:  —  That's right.
Dave / Garfield Ridge:
Two Days Of Coolness: My Visit To the Set Of Battlestar Galactica.  —  Long promised, finally here: my posting recounting my visit to the Vancouver set of Battlestar Galactica back on November 30th and December 1st, 2006.  —  Now, before I continue, I'll address the obvious question first …
 
 
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Cenk Uygur / The Huffington Post:
Fred Thompson Considering Entering the Presidential Race
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Curt Anderson / Associated Press:
Tape of Padilla interrogation is missing
Discussion: On Deadline
Associated Press:
Boston lead singer Brad Delp dies at 55
Bravo Romeo Delta / protein wisdom:
We Will Lose The War On Terror [BRD]
Discussion: NewsHog
Michael Roston / The Raw Story:
Anti-McCain vets ready salvo against Senator's presidential campaign
Wyatt Buchanan / San Francisco Chronicle:
Reaction to Coulter's slur hints at shift in view of gays
Discussion: Riehl World View
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
U.S. and Iran May Steal the Show at Iraq's Security Meeting
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They're Not in Your Club but They Are in Your League: Firedoglake at the Libby Trial
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Karen J. Greenberg / Los Angeles Times:
The military's Gitmo script
Amanda / Think Progress:
Rep. Gingrey Blames Soldiers For Walter Reed Squalor: 'If You …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny!
Brad Altrocket / Sadly, No!:
TEH GLENN REYNOLDS ROBOSHOPCHALLENGE VOTING BEGINS!!!!
Little Green Footballs:
Religion of Beheading  —  To protest against a Christian preacher …
Discussion: Doug Ross
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
Bacchanalia  —  In response to my piece yesterday defending …
Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
'That's Not Nice'  —  Our political discourse needs less censorship …
Fred Langan / Telegraph:
Polar bears 'thriving as the Arctic warms up'
Shane Harris / National Journal:
Rolling Back Pentagon Spies