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The Rove Factor? By / Newsweek — Permalink July 11 issue - Its legal appeals exhausted, Time magazine agreed last week to turn over reporter Matthew Cooper's e-mails and computer notes to a special prosecutor investigating the leak of an undercover CIA agent's identity. The case has been the subject of press controversy for two years. | |
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James Wolcott: Blowback Is a Bitch — When word broke that Karl Rove's name was the live hand grenade rolling around in Matt Cooper's... Lorie Byrd: This is the report I saw that compelled me to break my short blogging hiatus. Josh Marshall: Mike Isikoff's piece on Rove's role in the Plame case is now up on the Newsweek website. |
Dafydd: So I can only assume he got his information from the Newsweek article "the Rove Factor?" by Michael Isikoff. John Podhoretz: KARL ROVE AND VALERIE PLAME — Here's what we know, based on the two pieces of information we have — Lawrence O'Donnell... Barbara O'Brien: Update: Josh Marshall writes (emphasis added), "Mike Isikoff's piece on Rove's role in the Plame case is now up on the Newsweek website. |
| Also: Atrios, Garrett M. Graff, Armando @DailyKos, Judd @ThinkProgress, Kevin Drum, Jeralyn Merritt, Hilzoy @ObsidianWings, John Cole, Ed Cone, Orrin Judd, John @AmericaBlog | |
Plame Grand Jury Wants Records for Air Force One Phone Calls Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK Adding to the growing intrigue in the Plame case, the grand jury investigating the leak of the covert CIA operative's name has subpoenaed a wide range of White House documents, including records of telephone calls from Air Force One and information... | |
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Barbara O'Brien: Digby: "The Iraq Group" "Atrios links to this new E&P scoop that says the Plame Grand Jury just subpoenaed documents from the Iraq Group, which set off some bells. Atrios: From E&P: NEW YORK Adding to the growing intrigue in the Plame case, the grand jury investigating the leak of the covert... The Farmer: ~ Lawrence O'Donnell - 07.02.2005 / Rove Blew CIA Agent's Cover" Editor&Publisher update: "Plame Grand Jury Wants... |
Digby: Atrios links to this new E&P scoop that says the Plame Grand Jury just subpoenaed documents from the Iraq Group, which set off some bells. Armando @DailyKos: UPDATE: Rove Lawyer: Rove Spoke To Cooper; Plame GJ Subpoenaed Air Force One Calls in 2004 — Thanks to Volvo Liberal for this: [snipped quote] Hey now. John @AmericaBlog: Sorry about that - E&P just emailed and said sorry about the mistake. What a lovely day it is. |
MSNBC Analyst Says Cooper Documents Reveal Karl Rove as Source in Plame Case Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant on the name of that source, and what might happen to him or her. | |
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Mark Kleiman: From Editor & Publisher Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal court, presumably revealing who its... Garrett M. Graff: Sources: It's Rove — Last night on the McLaughlin Group, Lawrence O'Donnell revealed that the likely source of the... Cernig: MSNBC's senior political analyst, Lawrence O'Donnell, has gone on public record alleging that none other than Karl Rove... |
Rob @Wizbang: Editor and Publisher has also picked up the story:NEW YORK Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to federal... Glenn Reynolds: I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS TRUE OR NOT, but I predict that if it is, the very people who have been saying there was no... Captain Ed: Creepy Liar Strikes Again — MS-NBC analyst Lawrence O'Donnell announced on last night's McLaughlin Group that the... |
| Also: Gerry @DalyThoughts, McQ, Joe Gandelman, James Joyner, Barbara O'Brien, Avedon Carol, Nick Gillespie, Josh Marshall, Atrios, Xan @Corrente, John @AmericaBlog, Pudentilla, SK Bubba, John Cole, Dr. Steven Taylor, Laura Rozen, Radley Balko, Roger Ailes, Digby, Jeralyn Merritt | |
MSNBC Analyst and a Newsweek Reporter Say Karl Rove Named in Matt Cooper Documents By / Editor and Publisher — Permalink NEW YORK Now that Time Inc. has turned over documents to a federal judge, revealing who its reporter, Matt Cooper, identified as his source or sources in the Valerie Plame/CIA case, speculation runs rampant. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: Greg Mitchell writes for Editor & Publisher: "Lawrence O'Donnell, senior MSNBC political analyst, now claims that at... Fafnir: According to Editor and Publisher, the McLaughlin Group is still on the air! "Giblets does not believe it," says Giblets. |
Skippy: ed&pub: lawrence o'donnell, senior msnbc political analyst, now claims that at least two sources have confirmed that the name is—top white house mastermind karl rove. Stirling Newberry: Impeachment Star Rising [Breaking: Rove implicated as source in Plame investigation. The information is confusing and incomplete. |
The Two Wars of the Worlds By / NYT — Permalink ON the morning after George W. Bush spoke to the nation from Fort Bragg, Americans started marching off to Steven Spielberg's "War of the Worlds." Both halves of this double feature invoked 9/11, perfectly timed for this particular holiday. | |
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Atrios: Rich — I don't agree with everything in this column, but this part is about right: The president has no one to blame but himself. |
Al Rodgers: Sunday Talk and Baseball — Update [2005-7-2 23:7:54 by Armando]: From the diaries by Armando [snipped quote] Image hosted by Photobucket.com Image hosted by Photobucket.com |
Confirmation Battle in Senate Could Define Specter's Career By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 2 - In nearly 25 years on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, has sat through nine Supreme Court confirmation hearings, some short and polite, some ugly and drawn out. | |
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Alexander K. McClure: Judiciary Committee Chairman — Arlen Specter, now in his fifth term as a United States Senator, will play a pivotal... |
Orrin Judd: GIVE 'EM ENOUGH ROPE: Confirmation Battle in Senate Could Define Specter's Career (SHERYL GAY STOLBERG, 7/02/05, NY... |
'Get Out, You Damned One' By / NYT — Permalink President Bush has the bully pulpit, but Saddam Hussein has the hot novel. Bootleg copies of his latest work are selling briskly in the Middle East, and not just because of the free publicity he got when Jordan banned it this week. Say what you will about Saddam, he knows his audience. | |
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Randall Parker: John Tierney of the New York Times argues normal bias against outsiders is amplified in Iraq by the practice of cousin marriage. |
Radley Balko: Insurgents — John Tierney: [snipped quote] Tierney hasn't been particularly critical of the war. |
Iran's New Leader Suspected in '89 Attack By / AP — Permalink VIENNA, Austria (AP) — Austrian authorities have classified documents suggesting that Iran's president-elect may have played a key role in the 1989 execution-style slayings of an Iranian Kurdish leader and two associates in Vienna, a newspaper reported Saturday. | |
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Scott @PowerLine: This morning the Washington Times carries another AP story with a Vienna dateline reporting that "Austrian authorities... Pejman Yousefzadeh: MURDERER? Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's past continues to haunt him: [snipped quote] More to come, I am certain. |
Gateway Pundit: Ahmadinejad, More than a Hardliner — Iran may have picked a real killer as president! |
Justice for the Next Justice By / WaPo — Permalink This week marks a historic occasion, not only for the U.S. Supreme Court, but for America — the retirement announcement of our nation's first female Supreme Court justice. The process in the U.S. Senate for considering her successor should reflect the best of the American judiciary — not the worst of American politics. | |
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Hunter @DailyKos: Oh, and John Cornyn of all people has a WaPo op-ed calling for "no litmus tests". |
Betsy Newmark: Senator Cornyn argues for the Ginsburg model in the confirmation hearings. |
After a Brief Shock, Advocates on All Sides Quickly Mobilize By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 1 - Around 9:30 Friday morning, C. Boyden Gray, founder of the Committee for Justice, a conservative group that is a leading ally of President Bush, was sipping coffee at his Georgetown residence and confessing mild frustration to a reporter for The New York Times about the waiting game for a Supreme Court retirement. | |
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Jay Rosen: By midday Friday, Robin Toner wrote, "nothing less than a national political campaign had begun." |
Dr. Steven Taylor: An interesting piece on the surprise nature of the announcement: After a Brief Shock, Advocates on All Sides Quickly... |
Convergence of Driver, Bicyclist Ends in Arrest By / WaPo — Permalink It began as a shouting match on a busy Capitol Hill street corner during the frenetic morning commute, a bike-vs.-car incident not uncommon in a big city. But then the silver-haired, retired Navy lieutenant got out of his car, approached the red-headed ballet dancer riding a bike and allegedly shoved her to the ground, authorities said. | |
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Tbogg: Because we can't wait for a mugshot — I beat up 105-pound women. Posted by Picasa I work here. |
Atrios: Heritage — Ooops: "It began as a shouting match on a busy Capitol Hill street corner during the frenetic morning commute, a bike-vs.-car incident not uncommon in a big city. |
Iranian Leader Denies He Took Embassy Hostages By / NYT — Permalink TEHRAN, July 1 - A shiny black Peugeot rolled to a stop, and there he was, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president-elect of Iran, smiling through an open window, ready to greet a few of the people who have been coming to his street as a sort of pilgrimage since he won. | |
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Richard Reeb: But today's NY Times begins the well-worn process of remaking the image of despotic leaders. |
Scott @PowerLine: Amazingly enough, Slackman reports, they "describe the diminutive, bearded man as humble and caring." |
Roll Over, Godzilla: Korea Rules By / NYT — Permalink TAIPEI, Taiwan - Here in one of the first corners of Asia hit by the "Korean Wave" of cultural exports, a television series about a royal cook, "A Jewel in the Palace," proved so popular that it is now used to advertise South Korea on the Taipei subway. | |
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Robert Tagorda: Korean Culture Sweeps Asia — In a fascinating article, the New York Times provides an overview of South Korea's... |
Tyler Cowen: The rise of Korean popular culture — [snipped quote] Here is the full story, and yes some of the material is getting to North Korea as well. |
Hairless Pooch Wins Ugly Dog Contest AP — Permalink SANTA BARBARA, Calif. - The owners of the other contestants in this year's World's Ugliest Dog Contest may have thought their pooches had a chance — until they saw Sam. The 14-year-old pedigreed Chinese crested recently won the Sonoma-Marin Fair contest for the third consecutive time, and it's no surprise. | |
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Steve Bainbridge: The horror! Curiously, the AP News report on the ugliest dog contest fails to provide a photo of the winner. Steven L.: Hairless Pooch Wins Ugliest Dog Contest Unbelievably, no pictures are provided. |
Radley Balko: It is, apparently, no joke. Here's the AP story. You've been warned. |
Practical Voice for Partisan Times By / WaPo — Permalink Barely an hour after Justice Sandra Day O'Connor had announced her resignation from the Supreme Court yesterday, the goal of all liberals and moderates was clear: To replace the retiring justice, President Bush should name someone just like her. | |
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Hugh Hewitt: The fundamental dishonesty of the coming campaign from the left over the new nominee to the Supreme Court is demonstrated in E.J. Dionne's column in this morning's Washington Post. |
Jack Cluth: Because the Devil you know is usually preferable to the one you don't — Practical Voice for Partisan Times: The danger... |
Nomination Could Be Defining Moment for Bush By / WaPo — Permalink There are few genuine earthquakes in American politics, but yesterday's announcement by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor easily qualifies as one. Her retirement is likely to trigger one of the most consequential confirmation battles in a generation, with the... | |
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Betsy Newmark: The Washington Post states the obvious. "Nomination Could Be Defining Moment for Bush" I could write these things. |
Dr. Steven Taylor: And, of coures, the requisite list of possible nominees: In List of Potential Justices, Many Kinds of Conservative... |
O'Connor Held Balance of Power By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 1 - The O'Connor Court. The phrase has been used so many times over so many years to describe the Supreme Court that it is nearly a cliché. Yet the simple words capture an equally simple truth: to find out where the court is on almost any given issue, look for Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. | |
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Dr. Steven Taylor: It's a Supreme-Court-Palooza — The NYT has SC stories aplenty: An overview of O'Connor's career: O'Connor Held Balance of Power. |
Orrin Judd: THE WEATHERWOMAN: O'Connor Held Balance of Power (LINDA GREENHOUSE, July 1, 2005, NY Times) [snipped quote] It's... |
Why the Battle for the Court Will Be Nasty City Journal — Permalink Nothing rattles the American Left so completely as the specter of a conservative, Bush-appointed Supreme Court. And no wonder. Over the last half-century, sympathetic judges have given the Left "progressive" policy outcomes that the voting booth wouldn't deliver. | |
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Ed Driscoll: The Long Hot Summer — Hugh Hewitt has some thoughts on what what's to come during the Supreme Court nomination process:... |
Lorie Byrd: Why The Battle Over The Next Justice Will Be Fierce — Brian Anderson has reposted this interesting article from a few... |
Reversing the Bork Defeat By / Weekly Standard — Permalink ON OCTOBER 23, 1987—a day that lives in conservative infamy—Robert Bork's nomination to the Supreme Court was rejected by a Democratic Senate. Now, 18 years later, George W. Bush has the chance to reverse this defeat, and to begin to fulfill what has always... | |
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Betsy Newmark: Bill Kristol also doesn't think that the Democrats will bring a filibuster of a Bush nominee. |
Orrin Judd: MAY AS WELL SAVE HER FOR THE CHIEF'S SPOT: Reversing the Bork Defeat: With a Republican Senate, President Bush has the... |
FBI searches Cunningham's Rancho Santa Fe home By / AP — Permalink SAN DIEGO - Federal agents searched the Rancho Santa Fe home of Rep. Randy "Duke" Cunningham on Friday along with a yacht he has lived on in Washington, D.C., the FBI said. Agents also searched the Washington offices of a defense firm whose founder has close ties to the congressman. | |
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Josh Marshall: With so much — DOJ heat coming down on Duke Cunningham you'd almost think he was a Democrat. |
Roger Ailes: Joshua M. Marshall is all over CunningScam. Twenty federal agents — that is the last thing I want on my doorstep. |
George W's Quagmire By / NRO — Permalink Philadelphia, the American Colonies, July 4, 1776 — Leaders of the self-described "American patriots" movement gathered in this Pennsylvania city today to sign an official declaration of their political intentions, despite widespread criticism of a failing war policy and complaints that their military action was launched under false pretenses. | |
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Betsy Newmark: Michael Graham has a hilarious Independence Day satire in National Review. Read it an enjoy. |
Ed Driscoll: Maybe This Is What Brian Williams Was Referring To — Michael Graham wonders what the news from 1776 would have sounded... |
Tourist bitten by shark off Florida coast AP — Permalink BOCA GRANDE, Florida (AP) — A shark bit an Austrian tourist on an ankle Friday while the man stood in chest-deep water in the Gulf of Mexico, the sheriff's office said. It was the third shark attack in the state in a week. | |
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Pennywit @Wizbang: Aside from the Supreme Court fight, which is still in preseason exhibition games, there's not much going on ... so don't go in the water, 'cuz the sharks are coming to get you. |
Joe Gandelman: These Aren't Good Days For Florida — I mean, these REALLY are not good days for Florida... |
O'Connor to Retire From Supreme Court By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said Friday she is retiring. | |
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Norbizness: Count me the f**k in! (one of my favorite captions) I'm sure that if you live in a cave and only emerge for five minutes... PoliPundit: O'Connor Retiring — Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is retiring! This is great news!! Michelle Malkin: FAREWELL, SANDRA DAY — Bill Kristol called it on O'Connor's retirement. |
Orin Kerr: It's Official: Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has announced that she is retiring. Angry Clam: UPDATE FROM PATTERICO: The news is now official, as I'm sure you know. Howard Bashman is reporting that we should not expect a nominee before July 8. John Hawkins: O'Connor & Snatching Defeat From The Mouth Of Victory — All hail Bill Kristol and his mighty sources because to the... |
| Also: Clayton Cramer, Cernig, Acidman, John @AmericaBlog, Barbara O'Brien, Chris Lawrence, Leopold Stotch, Jeralyn Merritt, Tom Maguire, Pudentilla, Roger L. Simon, Verity @SouthernAppeal | |
O'Connor Retires From Supreme Court Fox News — Permalink WASHINGTON — Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor (search) submitted her retirement notice to President Bush on Friday, setting the stage for a contentious battle over her replacement. Click here to read O'Connor's retirement letter to President Bush. | |
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David Sirota: You can just imagine it, can't you - a group of sweaty, cigar-smoking executives and lobbyists are right now sitting... Michelle Malkin: Coverage of the coverage: FOX News's Brian Wilson broke the story on TV. TVNewser has more. Paul @PowerLine: Let the games begin — Sandra Day O'Connor is stepping down. |
Captain Ed: Sandra Day O'Connor Says Goodbye — As Sherlock Holmes would often say, the game's afoot — Sandra Day O'Connor has... Brian Stelter: FNC posted a story on FoxNews.com immediately . > Update: FNC reported the news that a retirement was "imminent" at 10:11:23. Gerry @DalyThoughts: And so it begins: Sandra Day O'Connor Retires — It just came over the radio. Here's the Fox News story. And CNN's. |
| Also: Baldilocks, Leopold Stotch, Oliver @LiquidList | |
Sandra Day O'Connor leaving Supreme Court AP — Permalink WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said Friday she is retiring. | |
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Chris Mooney: Holy Crap — Well, the resignation of Sandra Day O'Connor is an event whose ramifications will occupy all of us in some way or another over the months to come. McQ: Let the games begin ... Sandra Day O'Conner has announced her retirement from the US Supreme Court: [snipped quote] UPDATE (Dale): You realize, of course, that this means war. Joe Gandelman: Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor Retiring — Sanda Day O'Connor, the Supreme Court's swing vote on many issues,... |
Scared Monkeys: According to the AP, Sandra Day O'Connor leaving Supreme Court Others following the breaking story of the surprise... Mary Katharine Ham: He won't announce a successor. Update 4:AP story A round-up of Townhall speculation from the past week. Radley Balko: O'Connor — The first of the principled three (on Kelo and Raich, anyway) just announced her retirement. |
| Also: Gerry @DalyThoughts, Steve Clemons, Ann Althouse | |
AP: Documents Show Gitmo Inmates Defy U.S. By / AP — Permalink SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Military authorities have previously disclosed some incidents of guard retaliation at Guantanamo Bay, which resulted in mostly minor disciplinary proceedings. What emerges from 278 pages of documents obtained by The Associated Press is the degree of defiance by the terrorism suspects at Guantanamo. | |
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Pejman Yousefzadeh: Here is a story that gives us the other side: [snipped quote] So life is pretty hellish for the captors too. Captain Ed: Gitmo Papers Show Inmates Initiating Violence — AP reports that it has reports showing that inmates at Gitmo initiate... Orrin Judd: TONIGHT ON DURBIN'S HEROES...: AP: Documents show Gitmo inmates defy U.S. |
Rob @Wizbang: According to this AP headline the detainees in Guantanamo Bay are "defying" our troops while in captivity. Charles Johnson: But because this violence and abuse is against the US guards, the AP calls it "defiance:" AP: Documents Show Gitmo Inmates Defy US. |
Statement by DNC Chair Howard Dean on the Retirement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor U.S. Newswire — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 1 /U.S. Newswire/ — Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean today applauded Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's service to the nation. He called on President Bush to follow the example set when President Reagan nominated Justice O'Connor by choosing consensus over conflict in selecting a nominee to fill the vacancy: | |
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McQ: Howard Dean: [quote] "A President faces no more important decision in terms of protecting the rights and liberties of all Americans than nominating a Supreme Court Justice.[end quote] James Joyner: Howard Dean on Sandra Day O'Connor — Democratic National Committee Chair Howard Dean had some kind words for retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's service. |
Kevin Drum: Here's Howard Dean: [snipped quote] And here's Harry Reid: "Above all, Justice O'Connor has been a voice of reason and moderation on the Court." Jeralyn Merritt: Howard Dean on O'Connor's Replacement — DNC Chair Howard Dean issued this press release today. |
Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Resigns By / WaPo — Permalink Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman Supreme Court justice and a decisive swing vote for a quarter-century on virtually all the major legal issues of our time, announced her resignation today. | |
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Ann Althouse: I feel a little guilty about jumping into all the speculation about who's going to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the... David Allan Pell: Fire Up the BBQ in Crawford — W got a major 4th of July weekend gift as Justice Sandra Day O'Connor offered her letter of resignation. James Joyner: Supreme Court Justice O'Connor Resigns — It's official: Sandra Day O'Connor has retired and President Bush will have an opportunity to appoint a new Justice. |
Kriston @GrammarPolice: Justice Beleaguered — I had some interesting items for the page today, but I need to make some time for much wailing and gnashing of teeth. Xan @Corrente: WaPo And the best nomination we can hope for is Abu Al ("If we just define torture this way then what we're doing isn't torture!") Kevin Drum: SUPREME COURT NEWS....Sandra Day O'Connor has retired. This is going to be bloody. |
Who Should Reign Supreme? Reason — Permalink Reason asks libertarian legal experts: Who are your favorites—past, present, and future—on the nation's highest court? During the next three years, George W. Bush will certainly nominate one and perhaps as many as three new Supreme Court justices. | |
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Ann Althouse: I was struck by this article in Reason, interviewing various people about who their "favorite Justice" is. Glenn Reynolds: WHO SHOULD REPLACE SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR? Reason has surveyed a lot of folks and posted their recommendations. |
Pejman Yousefzadeh: OFFICIAL GIANT SUPREME COURT POST — There is—as can be expected—a lot of reaction to today's announcement by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor that she is retiring. Jonah Goldberg: WISH LIST — Reason magazine has an interesting wish-list for the Court. Although, many of the contributors are very unReasonable if you know what I mean. |
Turning Faith Into Elevator Music By / TCS — Permalink The Supreme Court has spoken, and then some: ten separate opinions in a pair of Ten Commandments cases, which seems nicely symmetrical. What all those opinions add up to, predictably, is a muddle. The Ten Commandments can stay on the Texas State Capitol grounds — but not in Kentucky's courthouses. | |
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Jack Balkin: Reciprocity, the Religion Clauses and Equal Citizenship JB There are many wise things in this post from Bill Stuntz. Andrew Sullivan: Teaching virtue is incomparably harder. Personally, I'd rather they stuck to the laws. "- William J. Stuntz, in TCS. Glenn Reynolds: Meanwhile, Bill Stuntz has thoughts on the courts and religion. |
Ramesh Ponnuru: "ROOTING FOR THE LAWSUITS" — William Stuntz makes the familiar argument that Christians shouldn't want governmental endorsements—even modest and implied endorsements. Steve Bainbridge: Church and State — My friend Harvard law professor Bill Stuntz offers up a TCS column on the Ten Commandment cases that would slot nicely into the Anabaptist tradition. |
O'Connor Retires From Supreme Court By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON - Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman on the Supreme Court and a swing vote on abortion as well as other contentious issues, announced her retirement Friday. A bruising Senate confirmation struggle loomed as President Bush pledged to name a successor quickly. | |
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Digby: Nucular Summer — O'Connor Retires. I'm sure everyone realizes this, but the fact that it's O'Connor means that we are going to have a political bloodbath. SK Bubba: Supreme Court Breaking News — O'Connor retiring. This means Bush will likely get not one but two appointees right away. |
LeanLeft: Sandra Day O'Connor, a key swing vote in right-to-choose cases, has retired from the Supreme Court. Jesse Taylor: O Ninjas, We Need You Now — Sandra Day O'Connor retired today. |
Time Will Surrender Reporter's Notes By / WaPo — Permalink Time magazine yielded to a court order yesterday and agreed to turn over documents that identify a confidential source, a rare move by a major news organization that Time said it hopes will keep one of its reporters out of jail. | |
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Barbara O'Brien: "Special Prosecutor Fitzgerald has stated in court pleadings that he already knows the identity of Judith Miller and... Garrett M. Graff: After yesterday's not-so-much-a-surprise-bu t-still-surprising decision by Time Inc. to turn over documents related to... |
Armando @DailyKos: Jeralyn Merritt explains what the investigation MAY be focusing on - perjury: [snipped quote] I am on record as believing... Jim Romenesko: Cooper "disappointed" to see his notes given to prosecutor — Washington Post Time reporter Matthew Cooper says he... |
Supreme Court Justice O'Connor retiring MSNBC — Permalink WASHINGTON - Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman appointed to the Supreme Court and a key swing vote on issues such as abortion and the death penalty, said Friday that she is retiring after 24 years on the bench. | |
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Oldman @BOPNews: JUSTICE O'CONNER RETIRING — This just in, Justice Sandra O'Conner the key swing vote on many issues from abortion to... Scott Sala: Technorati Tags: caption+contest Clintons+Billy+Graham Hillary+Graham Clinton+Crusade — Sandra Day O'Conner Stepping... Todd Pearson: Here we go — Buckle your seat belts, a bumpy ride is about to get underway. Supreme Court Justice O'Connor retiring |
Commissar: Update: Mark Coffey beats me to it, with "Top Ten Liberal Reactions ...." MSNBC report follows. Matt Davis: The Battle for the High Court Has Begun — Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has retired. Let's fight this battle over her replacement like we mean it. |
President Delivers Remarks on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Resignation White House — Permalink THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. A short time ago I had a warm conversation with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who has decided to retire from the Supreme Court of the United States. America is proud of Justice O'Connor's distinguished service and I'm proud to know her. | |
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Mary Katharine Ham: I'm right outside the city in Arlington right now, but I can hear blood pressures rising from here. Eugene Oregon: We Know All About Your "Consultation" — Speaking on the retirement of Sandra Day O'Connor, President Bush had this to... |
Orrin Judd: President Delivers Remarks on Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's Resignation (George W. Bush, The Rose Garden, 7/01/05) "Good morning. |
The Stain of Torture By / WaPo — Permalink Having served as a doctor in the Army Medical Corps early in my career and as presidential physician to George H.W. Bush for four years, I might be expected to bring a skeptical and partisan perspective to allegations of torture and abuse by U.S. forces. | |
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Teacherken @DailyKos: The paragraph above begins his op-ed in today's Washington Post, The Stain Of Torture. Richard TPD: GHW Bush's physician condemns torture by US — A brave and beautifully written op-ed piece by Bush 41's former personal physician. |
Josh Marshall: There's an — OpEd today in the Post about torture, the US military and the medical profession. Andrew Sullivan: THE CONSCIENCE CAUCUS: A former physician for the president's father weighs in: [snipped quote] How inspiring to read such clarity. |
Jailing Reporters WSJ — Permalink As ink-stained kvetchers ourselves, we'd love to come to the full-throated defense of our reporting colleagues now threatened with jail for refusing to reveal their sources. The truth, unfortunately, is that this is a debacle that some in the press corps have brought down upon themselves and the rest of us. | |
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Garrett M. Graff: For their part, the WSJ editorial board was equally annoyed at everyone involved. Jim Romenesko: Memo to Fitzgerald: Plame case isn't about organized crime — Wall Street Journal Plame case special prosecutor Patrick... |
Arianna Huffington: 3) Roger Ailes catches this sentence from a Wall Street Journal editorial regarding the Valerie Plame prosecutor Peter... Roger Ailes: Zero Intellectual Integrity, Zero Shame — That's the Wall Street Journal editorial page: [snipped quote] Read those last two sentences again. |
O'Connor to resign from Supreme Court CNN — Permalink WASHINGTON (CNN) — Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, the first woman to serve on the high court and the key swing vote in some of the nation's highest-profile cases, announced her resignation Friday. | |
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Daniel Drezner: The Supreme Court's long, hot summer — Gonna be a long summer. Orin Kerr has some interesting (but mildly contradictory) musings on O'Connor's resignation. Hilzoy @ObsidianWings: SCOTUS Open Thread — CNN: [snipped quote] Any thoughts? |
Steve Bainbridge: So Long to Swing Sandy — O'Connor is retiring. Good. It'll be a chance to replace a squish with a reliable conservative. |
Sandra Day O'Connor Announces Retirement CNN — Permalink THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. DARYN KAGAN, CNN ANCHOR: And we'll go ahead and get started by taking a look at what's happening "Now in the News." | |
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Arianna Huffington: "The battle lines for this nomination are clearly being drawn, with Robert Bork attacking Sandra Day O'Connor on CNN for... Greg @TheTalentShow: Borked in the Head — From a CNN interview this morning, guess who's still got a chip on his shoulder? |
Greg Saunders: Greg Saunders: Borked in the Head From a CNN interview this morning, guess who's still got a chip on his shoulder? |
Researcher's Appraisals of Commentators Are Released By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 30 - A researcher secretly retained by the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting to monitor liberal bias in public radio and television set his sights on several media personalities, including Bill Moyers, Tucker Carlson, Tavis Smiley, David Brancaccio and Diane Rehm, according to documents made public Thursday. | |
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Clayton Cramer: I'm going to take this sentence out of context just for a cheap laugh before getting serious: "Ms. Rehm, who has been... Laura Rozen: CPB's Ken Tomlinson should be fired. |
Jim Romenesko: > Democrat Dorgan calls Mann's report "a little nutty" and a sham (NYT) > Carlson: Bean-counting guests isn't a good way to determine bias (LAT) Tim Graham: NPR IS NOT RUN BY "OTTO" — New York Times reporter Sheryl Stolberg creates unintended laughter by confusing NPR... |
Possible Nominees to the Supreme Court WaPo — Permalink Here is a list of potential nominees for the Supreme Court: Samuel A. Alito, Jr. Samuel A. Alito, Jr., 55, is a judge on the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals for the 3rd Circuit. | |
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Joe Gandelman: The Potential Nominees To The Supreme Court — The Washington Post offers this list of those reportedly under serious... Smash: THE WASHINGTON POST has a rundown of possible nominees to replace O'Connor. Surpisingly, the list doesn't include a woman. |
Hugh Hewitt: That's seven more years of decisions —a very large consideration. Brief bios of leading candidates are here. |
Bush asks Senate for fairness on high court opening Reuters — Permalink WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Bush said he will make a timely decision on a replacement on a nominee to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and issued a thinly veiled warning to the U.S. Senate not to block his choice. | |
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Echidne: Bush is promising a fight about his nomination for the O'Connor seat. What else. ---- A Postscript: This is a likely scenario for the events to follow. |
Mary Katharine Ham: Read: Capitulate, Cowboy! Update 8: Bush won't announce a nominee until after he gets back from his G-8 trip on July 8. |
No to Justice Gonzales NRO — Permalink Rumor has it that the president is considering nominating Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to fill a Supreme Court vacancy should one arise. The president likes, trusts, and respects Gonzales, and has clearly valued his counsel both as governor and as president. | |
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Michelle Malkin: As National Review put it: "[T]he president has to know that conservatives, his supporters in good times and bad, would be appalled and demoralized by a Gonzales appointment. |
Matt Singer: Therefore, please, make sure you emphasize that no matter who we nominate those liberals will just say no. |
Republican Lawmakers Fire Back at Judiciary By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, June 30 - Stepping up their assault on the federal judiciary, Congressional Republicans announced efforts on Thursday directed at overturning two recent Supreme Court decisions, one that allowed government to claim private property for economic development and another that stripped Kentucky courthouses of the Ten Commandments. | |
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Todd Zywicki: Update: An even curiouser headline of the same debate from the New York Times: "Republican Lawmakers Fire Back at... Jonah Goldberg: REACHING ACROSS THE AISLE — Matt Yglesias has a good point. |
Matthew Yglesias: I don't want to get back into the merits of the Kelo decision, but this New York Times article detailing congressional outrage at it is totally absurd. |
Details of Secret Public Broadcasting Study LAT — Permalink WASHINGTON — A consultant who secretly monitored four public broadcasting programs last year for the chairman of the Corporation for Public Broadcasting concluded that critics of President Bush got more airtime than those who agreed with him, according to documents released Thursday. | |
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Kevin Drum: Here's how guests were categorized: [snipped quote] This is kindergarten stuff. |
Jesse Walker: The Fine Art of Political Classification — How CPB chairman Ken Tomlinson and consultant Fred Mann went about... |
Focus Action Calls for Strict Constructionist U.S. Newswire — Permalink COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., July 1 /U.S. Newswire/ — Focus on the Family Action Chairman James C. Dobson, Ph.D., issued the following statement today in response to the resignation of Sandra Day O'Connor from the U.S. Supreme Court: | |
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John Cole: The rules have changed (literally and figuratively), advise and consent is now up-or-down votes, and the folks who... |
Jeralyn Merritt: James Dobson on Sandra Day O'Connor Replacement — We knew it wouldn't be long...James Dobson of Focus on the Family has... |
Democrats Warn Bush on Choosing Successor to O'Connor By / NYT — Permalink WASHINGTON, July 1 - Senators from both parties heaped praise on retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor today, and Democrats warned President Bush not to try to replace her with someone whose views they consider extreme. Republicans, meanwhile, signaled that they were girding for a fight. | |
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Ezra Klein: McCain's True Colors — Looks like McCain's signaling his intentions: "Of course, Mr. McCain said, President Bush's nominee will be a conservative. |
Orrin Judd: CONSEQUENCES: Democrats Warn Bush on Choosing Successor to O'Connor (DAVID STOUT, 7/01/05, NY Times) |
Bush gets first chance for Court nominee By / AP — Permalink WASHINGTON — President Bush said Friday he would nominate his first Supreme Court justice quickly enough that the vacancy of retiring Sandra Day O'Connor could be filled by the time the court resumes work in the fall. | |
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John @AmericaBlog: For an old ranching girl, O'Connor turned out pretty good? Huh? |
K. J. Lopez: EVERYONE ELSE DOES! AP: "It was an emotional, five-minute call, McClellan said. |
Text of Bush's Remarks on O'Connor AP — Permalink President Bush's remarks Friday in the Rose Garden on the retirement of Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, as transcribed by CQ Transcriptions: Good morning. A short time ago I had a warm conversation with Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, who has decided to retire from the Supreme Court of the United States. | |
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Andrew Sullivan: BUSH'S CHANCE: His statement was a good one, I thought. |
Smash: In the meantime, we can expect a lot of soft-focus retrospectives on O'Connor's career. |
Ground Zero to Baghdad By / Opinion Journal — Permalink Fourth of July weekend begins today, and among the verities certain to occur is that every waking hour in four days people will be standing at the high wire fence near Church Street in lower Manhattan, staring at Ground Zero, at what's left of what we now call "September 11." | |
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Hugh Hewitt: Daniel Henninger writes today on the need to keep September 11 front and center in our collective minds. Steve Bainbridge: Bush's Failure — In a column that's mainly about 9/11 iconography, Daniel Henninger identifies what I regard as one of... |
Jesse Taylor: Apparently, they don't read the critiques of the editorial page, either. |
Fox's "Supreme Court Analyst" C. Boyden Gray is also founder of group pressuring Senate to confirm Bush nominees Media Matters for America — Permalink Fox News featured extended commentary by C. Boyden Gray in its initial coverage of the retirement of Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, identifying Gray as a "Fox Supreme Court Analyst." | |
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ArchPundit: Best commentary yet: Wonkette: "Gosh, we didn't think Drudge even liked girls..." While I watch little TV news, I may... |
Josh Marshall: Apparently C. Boyden Grey, one of the most pivotal players in the court wars of the last two decades (basically the quarterback on the right), is Fox's Supreme Court Analyst. |
Ex-hostage: Leader made threats By / Raleigh News & Observer — Permalink A Pinehurst man who was held hostage in Iran says the president-elect of that fundamentalist Islamic country headed a team of interrogators who threatened to kidnap his handicapped son and send the boy's severed toes and fingers to his wife. | |
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John Hood: CAMPUS ACTIVISM, IRANIAN STYLE — My local newspaper, the Raleigh News & Observer, offered more details this morning on... |
Betsy Newmark: This is the swell guy who will be the new Iranian president. [snipped quote] Someone remind Brian Williams. |