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David Kravets / Associated Press:
Judge: School Pledge Is Unconstitutional  —  SAN FRANCISCO - A federal judge declared the reciting of the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools unconstitutional Wednesday in a case brought by the same atheist whose previous battle against the words "under God" was rejected by the U.S. Supreme Court on procedural grounds.
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Suzanne Herel / San Francisco Chronicle:
Judge rules Pledge of Allegiance unconstitutional 'Under God' reference not appropriate for public schools, he says  —  Reciting the Pledge of Allegiance in public schools is unconstitutional, a federal court judge ruled today, saying that the pledge's reference to "under God" …
Discussion: Donklephant and Blogenlust
Bill Crawford / All Things Conservative:
JUDGE RULES PLEDGE UNCONSTITUTIONAL
Beth / MY Vast Right Wing Conspiracy:
One step closer to the abolition of America
Discussion: Stop the ACLU and Point Five
La Shawn / La Shawn Barber's Corner:   If You Haven't Gotten the Message Yet...
Kimberly Hefling / phillyburbs.com:
Architect offers to alter Flight 93 memorial to appease critics  —  WASHINGTON - The architect of the memorial to a plane downed in western Pennsylvania on Sept. 11, 2001, said Wednesday he would work to satisfy critics who complained that it honors terrorists with its crescent-shaped design.
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Michelle Malkin:
FLIGHT 93 MEMORIAL: DESIGN WILL BE ALTERED  —  Despite reports of National Park Service faxes on the fritz and Interior Department e-mails bouncing, the objections of countless numbers of you to the proposed Flight 93 Memorial have been heard.  And here, via AP, are the results to prove it:
James Lileks / Newhouse News:
The Sorry State of Modern Civic Memorials  —  How best to memorialize the victims of Katrina?  Some would love a statue of President Bush in a dunce cap, strumming a guitar, with a quote on the plinth from Howard Dean: "He doesn't care about people."  But an actual statue is out of the question …
Patrick / OxBlog:
OH, WHAT THE HECK, I'LL LIVE BLOG IT: 6:57 pm Eastern Time: My enthusiasm about the Hitchens-Galloway grudge match is perhaps best reflected in the fact that it's 1 am where I am, and I'm up blogging.  I'm watching this courtesy of the Democracy Now website, which is quite nobly broadcasting the debate online.
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Lara Jakes Jordan / Associated Press:
Senate Kills Bid for Katrina Commission  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans on Wednesday scuttled an attempt by Sen. Hillary Clinton to establish an independent, bipartisan panel patterned after the 9/11 Commission to investigate what went wrong with federal, state and local governments' response to Hurricane Katrina.
Brian M. Riedl / Heritage Foundation:
A "Victory" Over Wasteful Spending?  Hardly  —  House Majority Leader Tom DeLay (R-TX) today declared "victory" in the battle to eliminate wasteful federal spending.  There is simply no fat left to cut from the federal budget, he said.  [1]  —  This comes as quite a surprise to most Americans.
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Ramesh Ponnuru / The Corner on National Review Online:   WASTE  —  Tom DeLay, as Andrew noted, said that government has been …
Mark Murray / MSNBC:
Bush approval at lowest level of his presidency  —  NBC/WSJ Poll: Katrina, gas prices and Iraq damage president's support  —  WASHINGTON — Rocked by Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath, record-high gas prices, and the continued debate over Iraq, President George W. Bush's public standing …
Washington Post:
Insurgents Kill 160 in Baghdad  —  Toll From Day-Long Wave of Attacks Is Largest in Iraqi Capital Since Invasion  —  BAGHDAD, Sept. 14 — Insurgents struck the Iraqi capital Wednesday with at least a dozen attacks that targeted Shiite Muslim civilians, Iraqi security forces and American troops …
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Bill Roggio / The Fourth Rail:
Baghdad Battles  —  After Tal Afar, al Qaeda strikes …
Discussion: IRAQ THE MODEL
Dana Milbank / Washington Post:
News Flash: Republicans Like Roberts  —  Senators' Rhetoric Leaves Little Time for Nominee to Get a Word In  —  Move over John Marshall and Oliver Wendell Holmes.  —  Sen. John Cornyn (R-Tex.) dashed to the microphones during a break in today's John Roberts confirmation hearings before the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Discussion: Don Surber
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Beldar / beldar.blogs.com:
Shorter, more truthful, Russ Feingold  —  Beldar's quasi-fictional paraphrase of Sen. Russell Feingold's questioning on Tuesday of Chief Justice nominee John G. Roberts, Jr. and his answers, if Sen. Feingold had been temporarily stricken with the magic that affected Jim Carey's lawyer-character in the 1997 movie Liar Liar:
Will / Attytood:
This man almost died because of Bush's FEMA  —  And he has a name — Edgar Hollingsworth.  Remember it.  Mr. Hollingsworth is 74 years old, and although he was found by California National Guardsmen at death's door inside his house in the flooded Broadmoor section of New Orleans, the wonderful news is that he is expected to live.
Discussion: Majikthise
Patrick D. Healy / New York Times:
Concession Sets Up Bloomberg-Ferrer Race  —  Representative Anthony D. Weiner conceded the 2005 Democratic mayoral nomination today to Fernando Ferrer, the top vote-getter in the race, in hope of avoiding a destructive runoff and strengthening Mr. Ferrer's hand as he begins …
gvsu.edu:
Hanson v. Huffington  —  In what promises to be a lively debate, Victor Davis Hanson and Arianna Huffington will square off on whether the United States is an empire.  (Change of Venue: The debate will now be held at DeVos Place, Ballroom A, downtown Grand Rapids.  The event will be webcast live on www.allpresidents.org.)
Discussion: Isaac Schrödinger

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