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9:55 PM ET, March 9, 2007

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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 …
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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 …
Glenn Reynolds / Instapundit.com:
D.C. CIRCUIT STRIKES DOWN DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA GUN CONTROL LAW as a violation of the Second Amendment, adopts individual rights view.  Howard Bashman has more, and the opinion is here.  This is a very important development.  —  Some additional background on the Second Amendment can be found here, here and here.
Discussion: TalkLeft and The Volokh Conspiracy
Cary O'Reilly / Bloomberg:
Federal Appeals Court Strikes Down D.C. Handgun Ban (Update2)
Discussion: QandO and Donklephant
Washington Post:
Appeals Court Guts D.C. Gun Ban
Discussion: SCOTUSblog, PostWatch and Taylor Marsh
Eugene Volokh / The Volokh Conspiracy:   D.C. CIRCUIT ACCEPTS INDIVIDUAL RIGHTS VIEW OF THE SECOND AMENDMENT …
Tim Lynch / Cato-at-liberty:   Landmark Second Amendment Ruling Today
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."
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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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Glenn Greenwald / Salon:
The FBI's lawbreaking is tied directly to President Bush  —  Multiple media outlets are focusing on the unsurprising story that the FBI seems to have been abusing its powers under the Patriot Act to issue so-called "national security letters" (NSLs), whereby the FBI is empowered to obtain …
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Kevin Drum / Political Animal:
"IT'S THE FOX DESIGNING THE HENHOUSE"....David Cay Johnston reports today that the IRS is outsourcing its writing of tax rules to the very lawyers and accountants who create tax shelters and exploit loopholes for the superrich: … What an outrageous thing to say.
Discussion: Eschaton
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David Cay Johnston / New York Times:   I.R.S. Letting Tax Lawyers Write Rules
Fred Langan / Telegraph:
Polar bears 'thriving as the Arctic warms up'  —  Pictures of a polar bear floating precariously on a tiny iceberg have become the defining image of global warming but may be misleading, according to a new study.  —  A survey of the animals' numbers in Canada's eastern Arctic has revealed …
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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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
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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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Amanda / Think Progress:
Rep. Gingrey Blames Soldiers For Walter Reed Squalor: 'If You …
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Little Green Footballs:
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Discussion: Doug Ross
Jeff Goldstein / protein wisdom:
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Peggy Noonan / Opinion Journal:
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David Saltonstall / NY Daily News:
Rudy, firefighters feud
Shane Harris / National Journal:
Rolling Back Pentagon Spies
Michael Abramowitz / Washington Post:
Rove Doing His Part to Help Shape a Positive Legacy for Bush