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Washington Post:
U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Judge Samuel Alito's Nomination to the Supreme Court  —  SPECTER: Senator Cornyn?  —  CORNYN: Thank you, Mr. Chairman.  —  Judge Alito, welcome to the committee, and to your family as well.  —  I'm a little surprised to learn that you have a triply high burden for confirmation here.
Discussion: The RCP Blog
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National Review:
Alito and the Ted Kennedy "Study"  —  The Democratic senator bases his charges on a very wobbly foundation  —  In his opening statement at the Samuel Alito confirmation hearings Monday afternoon, Massachusetts Democratic Sen. Edward Kennedy cited an academic study which he said showed that average Americans …
Robert Gordon / Balkinization:
The Basic Case Against Alito
Discussion: Crescat Sententia
Lindsey Powell / SCOTUSblog:
Alito Hearings: 1/9/2006  —  3:39: Specter adjourns the hearing until Tuesday morning.
Discussion: Bench Memos …
Ken I. Kersch / Opinion Journal:
'Mainstream' Bias  —  What Sam Alito and Louis Brandeis have in common.
Discussion: sisu
Slate:
Your Witness, Senators  —  Expert suggestions on cross-examining Sam Alito.
Discussion: Althouse
Associated Press:
NOTEBOOK: Alito Is a Springsteen Fan
Discussion: JunkYardBlog
ReddHedd / firedoglake:
Ladies and Gentlemen, I Give You Sen. Coburn
Discussion: Crooks and Liars
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Liz Austin / Associated Press:
Texas Court Won't Dismiss DeLay Charges  —  AUSTIN, Texas - The state's highest criminal court on Monday denied Rep. Tom DeLay's request that the money laundering charges against him be dismissed or sent back to a lower court for an immediate trial.  —  The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals denied …
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Declan McCullagh / CNET News.com:
Perspective: Create an e-annoyance, go to jail  —  Annoying someone via the Internet is now a federal crime.  —  It's no joke.  Last Thursday, President Bush signed into law a prohibition on posting annoying Web messages or sending annoying e-mail messages without disclosing your true identity.
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National Review:
One Moment in Time  —  There's an old Chinese theory according to which the best way to understand historical events is not to reconstruct the sequence of "causes" by which the events were "produced," but rather to look at the unique characteristics of the moment in which the events occurred.
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Joe Strupp / Editor and Publisher:
Abduction of American Reporter in Iraq Blacked Out By U.S. News Outlets  —  NEW YORK The abduction of a Christian Science Monitor reporter in Iraq on Saturday was not disclosed by major U.S. media outlets for nearly two days after the Monitor requested that the incident, and the reporter's name and affiliation, be withheld.
Discussion: Flopping Aces and Abu Aardvark
Herald Sun:
Camilla's protector paid out  —  A BLACK police bodyguard who protected the Duchess of Cornwall has won $70,000 compensation after suing Scotland Yard for "over-promoting" him because of political correctness.  —  Sgt Leslie Turner — the first black personal protection officer to guard the royal family …
Mark Schmitt / tpmcafe.com:
Please, Don't Say "Lobbying Reform"  —  Democrats and Republicans are falling over each other to introduce "lobbying reform" bills — requiring lobbyists to disclose contacts with legislators, banning trips, etc.  By the end of next week, we will have between two and four lobbying reform packages …
Matthew Yglesias / yglesias.tpmcafe.com:
Matt Yglesias Front Page  —  Carts, Horses, and Judges  —  The scant merits of his nomination aside, I think it's unlikely that we'll see a serious anti-Alito effort from Democrats on the Hill.  The political judgment going into that strategy may be mistaken (I tend to find the case …
BBC:
US draws up space tourism rules  —  Space tourists must be screened to ensure they are not terrorists, according to proposed regulations from the US Federal Aviation Administration.  —  The draft report's suggestions aim to prevent a terrorist from destroying a spacecraft or using it as a weapon.
Discussion: Wonkette
Tom Abate / San Francisco Chronicle:
Americans saving less than nothing  —  Spending could outstrip income in 2005, which hasn't happened since the Depression  —  When the Commerce Department recently tallied up consumer finances for November, it found that Americans shelled out more money than they took in.
Howard Kurtz / Washington Post:
Mine Disaster's Terrible Irony: A Failure to Look Deeper  —  It was the most heart-rending and humiliating botch of a life-and-death story in modern memory, yet most journalists, naturally, aren't blaming themselves.  —  It was everyone else's fault, they say.

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