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Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Why the Miers Fight is Worth Fighting — There is a school of thought in the conservative blogosphere that "the Miers pick ... is done now; we have to move on." Presumably this entails conservative critics of Miers taking Lindsey Graham's advice to just "shut up." I for one, however, have no plans to do so any time soon.
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MSNBC:
Bork calls Miers nomination a 'disaster' — Former Supreme Court nominee gives take on newest pick for the bench — TRANSCRIPT — A conservative uproar erupted over President George Bush's recent appointee to the Supreme Court. Bush nominated Harriet Miers to replace Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
Washington Post:
Snap Judgments — TO HEAR THE reaction from some conservatives to President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, you would think the president had named an avowed liberal. The White House has spent the past few days trying to soothe a Republican base angered by the nomination.
Jennifer Loven / Associated Press:
Bush Predicts Miers Will Be Confirmed for Supreme Court; Some in GOP Withhold Support — WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush predicted Friday that the Senate would confirm Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, even as a Republican senator said she had much work left to ensure that outcome.
Washington Post:
Bush Rejects Calls To Withdraw Miers — President Bush yesterday rejected conservative calls to withdraw his nomination of White House counsel Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court and prepared to reassure skeptical Republicans and persuade the Senate to confirm her for the seat of retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.
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The Claremont Institute, Taegan Goddard's …, The Heretik, The Strata-Sphere and The Left Coaster
The Big Trunk / Power Line:
NEGATIVE CAPABILITY — President Bush's nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court has performed the difficult task of dividing his most respectful supporters, among whom I count myself. The division is apparent in the email messages we've received in response to our relatively mild comments …
Christopher Torchia / Associated Press:
Quake Kills More Than 18,000 in South Asia — A devastating earthquake triggered landslides, toppled an apartment building and flattened villages of mud-brick homes Saturday, killing more than 18,000 people across a mountainous swath touching Pakistan, India and Afghanistan.
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Joe Gandelman / The Moderate Voice:
18,000 Reportedly Killed in South Asia's 7.6 Quake — Mother Nature has brutally struck again in a year when she has been deadly cranky: the death toll for South Asia's earthquake is now 18,000 and rising, as is clear from this AP report: … CNN notes:
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Gateway Pundit:
Massive Earthquake Hits Pakistan! — Update: (11:00 PM CST) THE DEATH TOLL IS NOW REPORTED TO BE NEAR 18,000! … Update: (6:00 PM CST) 250 children who perished at one school north of Islamabad in Pakistan. Police chief Riffat Pashar told Reuters 350 altogether had died in the collapse in Mansehra district.
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BBC, The Jawa Report v3.0 Beta, Associated Press, Interested-Participant and Pam's House Blend
CNN:
Death toll in Asian quake tops 800 — Official says number of dead could reach into the thousands — (CNN) — Darkness is hampering the search for survivors of Saturday's major earthquake that rocked south Asia. — The magnitude 7.6 quake, which has generated strong aftershocks …
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White House:
President's Radio Address — In Focus: Judicial Nominations — THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. This week, I nominated an exceptional individual to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court of the United States. Harriet Miers is a remarkable woman and an accomplished attorney.
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SCOTUSblog, Bench Memos …, The Volokh Conspiracy, Campaign for the Supreme Court and Confirm Them
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Anthony Colarossi / orlandosentinel.com:
War-dead Web site leads to Polk obscenity arrest — Polk County officials arrested a Lakeland man on obscenity charges Friday after investigating his graphic Web site, which has gained international attention for allowing U.S. soldiers to post pictures of war dead on the Internet.
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Adam Entous / Reuters:
Reporter turns over notes in CIA leak case — WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A New York Times reporter has given investigators notes from a conversation she had with a top aide to Vice President Dick Cheney weeks earlier than was previously known, suggesting White House involvement started …
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Emily Bazelon / Slate:
Harriet's Man — The Texas judge who is vouching for Miers on Roe. — Harriet Miers' paperless record is supposed to deprive Democrats of spitballs to throw at her Supreme Court confirmation hearings. And it will. But at the moment, her blank-slate persona is giving some conservatives fits.
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William Saletan / Slate:Culture of Litmus — Don't you dare judge Harriet Miers on abortion.
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Michael J. Totten:
Meeting Hezbollah — I met with Hezbollah in person today. — The goons picked me up at my hotel. They stuffed me in the back of the car, blindfolded me, drove me around in circles, then took me (I think) into the mountains to a "safe house" to talk to the sheik. — Actually, no. Scratch that.
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Richard W. Garnett / Bench Memos on National …:
The Administration, Ms. Miers, and the Federalist Society — I have, in several posts and comments (for example, here), criticized some of the criticisms of Ms. Miers's nomination, and expressed my view that it is a mistake to assume too quickly that the President has failed to nominate …
hughhewitt.com:
The Blogosphere and the Meirs Nomination — The good news is that the information flow was immediate and unrestricted. May it ever be so. The bad news is that the reaction spread instantly, and that first impressions are difficult to reverse much less erase.
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The Right Coast
