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Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Issues and (Possible) Answers: A Primer on the Alito Hearings  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 - When Judge John G. Roberts Jr. appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee in September for hearings on his nomination to the Supreme Court, all of the participants were largely improvising.
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Charles Babington / Washington Post:
Democrats Ready to Go After Alito  —  High Court Nominee's Memos Opposing Abortion Likely to Be Focal Points at Hearings  —  Senate Democrats are expected to attack Supreme Court nominee Samuel A. Alito Jr. on multiple fronts at the confirmation hearing that opens at noon today …
Jesse J. Holland / Associated Press:
Senate Hearings to Begin for Samuel Alito  —  WASHINGTON (AP) - After months of preparation, Samuel Alito will face close questioning by senators to determine his fitness to be the nation's 110th Supreme Court justice.  —  Alito, a conservative, 15-year member of the federal appeals court in Philadelphia …
Steve Bainbridge / ProfessorBainbridge.com:
Alito: What the NY Times Editorial Didn't Tell You  —  The NY Times editorial Judging Samuel Alito didn't say much for the self-professed paper of record's ability to put claims in context.  Let's help them out.  The NY Times says: … Here's what the NY Times didn't tell you:
Richard Morin / Washington Post:
Majority of Americans Favor Alito Nomination
Los Angeles Times:
Judging Judge Alito
Washington Post:
Proving His Mettle in the Reagan Justice Dept.
Discussion: The Sideshow
John W. Suthers / Rocky Mountain News:
Speakout: Experienced Alito ideal for Supreme Court
Discussion: How Appealing
Jonathan Weisman / Washington Post:
Hastert Moves to Tighten Rules on Lobbyists  —  With Rep. Tom DeLay (R-Tex.) formally removed from congressional leadership, House Speaker J. Dennis Hastert (R-Ill.) took the next step yesterday in Republican efforts to distance the party from a growing corruption scandal …
Discussion: The Heretik and Macsmind
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Los Angeles Times:
A Donor Who Had Big Allies  —  DeLay and two others helped put the brakes on a federal probe of a businessman.  Evidence was published in the Congressional Record.  —  WASHINGTON — In a case that echoes the Jack Abramoff influence-peddling scandal, two Northern California Republican congressmen used …
Jane Hamsher / firedoglake:
Control Yourself, Boys
Shakespeare's Sister:
Mr. President, Your Blue Blood Is Showing
Daniela Deane / Washington Post:
Cheney Briefly Hospitalized Monday Morning  —  Vice President Dick Cheney went to George Washington University Hospital in the middle of night Monday experiencing shortness of breath, which doctors found was unrelated to his recurring heart problems, a White House statement said.
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Nedra Pickler / Associated Press:
Cheney Hospitalized, Then Released  —  WASHINGTON - Vice President Dick Cheney was taken to George Washington Hospital early Monday experiencing shortness of breath, a spokeswoman said.  He was released four and a half hours later.  —  Cheney spokeswoman Lea Anne McBride said Cheney was taken …
Discussion: Wonkette
Richard A. Oppel Jr / New York Times:
12 Feared Dead as Army Copter Crashes in Iraq  —  BAGHDAD, Iraq, Jan. 8 - Twelve Americans were believed to have been killed late on Saturday night when an Army UH-60 Black Hawk helicopter crashed in northern Iraq between the restive cities of Tal Afar and Mosul.
Discussion: Rantingprofs
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Washington Post:
12 Killed In Crash Of Copter In N. Iraq
Discussion: PSoTD
BBC:   Iraq US helicopter crash kills 12
Paul Caron / TaxProf Blog:
Blogging: Scholarship or Distraction?  —  Here is a report on Friday's panel at the AALS annual meeting sponsored by the Section on Scholarship on Blogging: Scholarship or Distraction?  The program described the session as follows: … After moderator Dennis M. Patterson (Rutgers-Camden) …
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Dan Markel / PrawfsBlawg:   Scholarship or Distraction?  —  This past Friday I sat …
Christine Hurt / Conglomerate Blog:
(Sigh) Women & Blogging, Part 72
Discussion: Concurring Opinions
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.
Discussion: Captain's Quarters and Dr. Sanity
Mary Williams Walsh / New York Times:
More Companies Ending Promises for Retirement  —  The death knell for the traditional company pension has been tolling for some time now.  Companies in ailing industries like steel, airlines and auto parts have thrown themselves into bankruptcy and turned over their ruined pension plans to the federal government.
Washington Post:
N.Y. Times Editor-Reporter Dies After Attack in NW  —  David E. Rosenbaum, a longtime editor and reporter in the Washington bureau of the New York Times, died yesterday after being beaten and robbed Friday night near his home in upper Northwest Washington.  —  Rosenbaum, 63 …
Discussion: mediabistro and Poynter Online
Time:
How to Stay Out of Power  —  Why liberal democrats are playing too fast and too loose with issues of war and peace  —  House minority leader Nancy Pelosi, the California Democrat, engaged in a small but cheesy bit of deception last week.  She released a letter, which quickly found …
CNN:
CNN LATE EDITION WITH WOLF BLITZER  —  Interview With Shimon Peres; Interview With Benjamin Netanyahu  —  THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT.  THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.  —  WOLF BLITZER, HOST: It's 11:00 a.m. in Washington, 8:00 a.m. in Los Angeles, 6:00 p.m. here in Jerusalem and 7:00 p.m. in Baghdad.
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New York Times:
Lobbyist's Firm Escapes Fallout From a Scandal  —  WASHINGTON, Jan. 8 - Greenberg Traurig was a politically well-connected law firm long before Jack Abramoff, the disgraced lobbyist who pleaded guilty last week to conspiracy, fraud and tax evasion, joined it about six years ago.

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