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George F. Will / Washington Post:
Identity Justice  —  Responding to early 19th-century rumors that they drank excessively, the Supreme Court justices decided to drink nothing on conference days — unless it was raining.  At the next conference, Chief Justice John Marshall asked Joseph Story to scan the sky for signs of rain.
Adam Liptak / New York Times:
Sotomayor's Rulings Are Exhaustive but Often Narrow  —  WASHINGTON — Judge Sonia Sotomayor's judicial opinions are marked by diligence, depth and unflashy competence.  If they are not always a pleasure to read, they are usually models of modern judicial craftsmanship, which prizes careful attention …
Wall Street Journal:
The ‘Empathy’ Nominee  —  Is Sonia Sotomayor judically superior to ‘a white male’?  —  Printer  —  Friendly  —  In making Sonia Sotomayor his first nominee for the Supreme Court yesterday, President Obama appears to have found the ideal match for his view that personal experience …
Ben Smith / Ben Smith's Blog:
Huck comes out firing — at ‘Maria’ Sotomayor  —  Mike Huckabee comes out hard against the Sonia Sotomayor appointment, with a bit of a misfire as concerns her name: … post comment | … Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)  —  Unbelievable.  How do you still have credibility in judging …
CNN:
Steele: GOP must be careful on Sotomayor  —  WASHINGTON (CNN) - The head of the Republican Party wants his forces to watch their steps when it comes to Supreme Court hopeful Sonia Sotomayor.  —  Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele told CNN Radio Tuesday the party that he hopes …
Discussion: The Plum Line
New York Times:
The New Justice  —  President Obama seems to have made an inspired choice in picking Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the Supreme Court.  She has an impressive judicial record, a stellar academic background and a compelling life story.  Judge Sotomayor would also be a trailblazing figure in the mold …
Lisa Desjardins / CNN:
Sotomayor part of court's Catholic shift?
Discussion: Politics Daily and beliefnet
Satyam Khanna / Think Progress:   Inhofe worries that Sotomayor may allow 'undue influence from her …
Rich Lowry / National Review:
A Bad Day for Impartiality
Jeanne Cummings / The Politico:   Right divided over court fight
Lyle Denniston / SCOTUSblog:
Court overrules Michigan v. Jackson
Discussion: NPR Blogs
New York Times:
Obama Hails Judge as ‘Inspiring’
Michael Goldfarb / Weekly Standard:
Yoo on Sotomayor: No Threat to the Revolution
Fox News:
Sotomayor's Judicial Record Could Be Battlefield for Critics, Advocates
Discussion: Saberpoint and Think Progress
David Stout / New York Times:
Justices Ease Rules on Questioning
Discussion: ACS Blog
Carol Williams / L.A. Now:
Bush vs. Gore rivals challenge Prop. 8 in federal court  —  Two prominent attorneys who argued on opposite sides of Bush vs. Gore, the legal battle over the 2000 presidential election, announced Tuesday that they will challenge Proposition 8 in federal court and seek to restore gay marriage until the case is decided.
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Andrew Harmon / Advocate:
Prop.  8 Challenge Filed in Federal Court  —  In a bold move that takes a new approach to achieving marriage equality, two attorneys who argued opposing sides of the 2000 Bush v. Gore lawsuit before the U.S. Supreme Court have filed a challenge to Proposition 8 in federal court, The Advocate has learned.
Linda Deutsch / Associated Press:
Lawsuit seeks federal ruling on gay marriage
Discussion: Salon and Pam's House Blend
Maura Dolan / Los Angeles Times:
Prop. 8 upheld by California Supreme Court
Chicago Breaking News:
Burris on tape offering a check for Blagojevich  —  A transcript of a secretly recorded phone call between the brother of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich and U.S. Sen. Roland Burris was released in federal court today, a call in which Burris, then seeking the Senate seat, was recorded offering the Blagojevich campaign a campaign check.
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Chicago Tribune:
Burris talks cash on wiretap
Discussion: NPR Blogs and Taegan Goddard's …
New York Times:
Burris-Blagojevich Ties Come to Life in Transcript
Discussion: Weekly Standard
John Ruberry / Marathon Pundit:
Pay to play: Burris promised campaign check for Blago
John Taylor / Financial Times:
Exploding debt threatens America  —  Standard and Poor's decision to downgrade its outlook for British sovereign debt from “stable” to “negative” should be a wake-up call for the US Congress and administration.  Let us hope they wake up.  —  Under President Barack Obama's budget plan, the federal debt is exploding.
Discussion: Felix Salmon and naked capitalism
Heejin Koo / Bloomberg:
North Korea Threatens Armed Strike, End to Armistice  —  North Korea threatened military action in response to South Korea joining a program to seize weapons shipments, and said it's no longer bound by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.  —  South Korea's actions are tantamount to a …
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Edward Wyatt / New York Times:
AT&T May Have Swayed ‘Idol’ Results  —  LOS ANGELES — AT&T, one of the biggest corporate sponsors of “American Idol,” might have influenced the outcome of this year's competition by providing phones for free text-messaging services and lessons in casting blocks of votes at parties organized …
Discussion: DownWithTyranny! and CBS News
BBC:
Canada official eats seal heart  —  Canada's governor general, Michaelle Jean, has helped to butcher and eat a seal in an apparent act of solidarity with hunters.  —  Ms Jean used a traditional Inuit knife to help gut the animal then ate a slice of raw heart.
CNN:
Montana town wants Gitmo detainees  —  HARDIN, Montana (CNN) — The tiny town of Hardin, Montana, is offering an answer to a very thorny question: Where should the nation put terror detainees if the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, is shut down by the end of the year as President Obama has pledged?
Discussion: RedState
Attaturk / Firedoglake:
Goon show  —  I'm getting rather ambivalent about having celebrities get waterboarded, even when it changes their opinion like Erich “Mancow” Mueller.  It's torture, now he knows it.  But the more it is done the more it becomes a parlor trick in too many eyes.  It's torture, it's a crime not a game of Cranium.
Discussion: The Huffington Post
CNSNews:
Obama's Transportation Secretary Says He Wants to ‘Coerce People Out of Their Cars’  —  (CNSNews.com) - Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood told a group of reporters at the National Press Club on Thursday that he wants to “coerce people out of their cars.”  —  In Newsweek magazine last week …
Discussion: HazZzMat
 
 
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