Cue the Litmus Tests?Confirm Them (1)
2005-10-23 02:34:48 Jed Babbin writes about George Wills recent column:
Will, and other Miers critics, seem willing to give up too much to sink her. We won, in the Roberts confirmation, the ability to ensure future justices against the political pressure on sp
An Important Letter to the Honorable John RobertsThe Anti-Manicheist (1)
2005-10-22 23:49:45
October 22, 2005
Honorable John RobertsChief Justice US Supreme CourtOffice of the Administrative AssistantTo the Chief Justice, Room 5Supreme Court of the United
CoburntCatallarchy (1)
2005-10-22 18:33:44I like this one. As I recall, he was the only one on the judiciary committee who sounded like he believed what he was saying during the Roberts hearing.
He'll never last.
From the Wall Street Journal:
On current trends, freshman Tom Cob
Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Information Web Site from Thomas L. Roberts III, MD, FACS - fox, fox pu Cosmetic Surgery Review
2005-10-22 17:20:03 Cosmetic and Plastic Surgery Information Web Site from Thomas L. Roberts III, MD, FACS - fox, fox pulse, botox, & & Body Plastic Surgery. Abdomen (Tummy Tuck) Armlift Surgery. Breast Implant Surgery & Ankle Liposuction. Tummy Tuck
Dahlia Lithwick, in a Times op-ed, rips Bush's pow...The Purple State
2005-10-22 16:59:42
Dahlia Lithwick, in a Times op-ed, rips Bush's power-grabbing:Justice Roberts and Ms. Miers represent a one-two punch for presidential supremacy: Justice Roberts would turn the Supreme Court into a body of
At least it'll be entertainingSyrupy Pop
2005-10-22 16:53:01The whole Harriet Miers nomination process seems sure to be much more interesting and lively than the Roberts nomination. In fact, it already has been. Controversy abounds.A plethora of links: Apparently,
The Miers DilemmaSoy Como Soy
2005-10-22 15:46:11I have to admit, I'll being watching the interrogation confirmation hearings of Harriet Miers much more closely than I did of John Roberts'. After watching the first day of Roberts' hearings I couldn't stop laughing at how Biden...]]>
Chief Justice Roberts + The Pool = Shrinkage!Underneath Their Robes
2005-10-22 14:31:47Sorry to get your hopes up! Article III Groupie actually does not have photos of Chief Justice John G. Roberts sunning himself, and his judicial hottie nether regions, in the manner of Jude Law. But A3G can offer you this...
Chief Justice Roberts + The Pool = Shrinkage!Underneath Their Robes
2005-10-22 14:31:47Sorry to get your hopes up! Article III Groupie actually does not have photos of Chief Justice John G. Roberts sunning himself, and his judicial hottie nether regions, in the manner of Jude Law. But A3G can offer you this...
Is There a Penalty for Early Withdrawal of a SCOTUS Nominee?Sanna Central
2005-10-22 14:24:42
Poor Harriet. Who the heck would want to follow the John Roberts nomination to SCOTUS? It was bound to be fraught with angst. Only a cult-like devotion to her president could allow her such masochism.
Lost Interview: Kim Yun-jin, plays SunThe Disney Blog
2005-10-22 13:39:41She's been called the Julia Roberts of Korea, now Kim Yun-jin is enjoying her role of Sun on Lost. I know that in Koreatown in L.A., things practically shut down when the show is on because people want to tune...
Poll on Miers:The Volokh Conspiracy - - (3)
2005-10-22 10:10:00Contrary to the poll cited yesterday, this poll (it is my understanding that this is a Gallup Poll) finds much weaker support for Miers than Roberts, both among self-described...
A Military Wife, Neal Boortz, Ollie North, Sean Hannity A Black Bra Hooah!OKIE on the LAM - In LA
2005-10-22 06:22:44Greta Perry, the Hooah Wife, had a great time in ol' Tulsey Town last night. At the Meeting of the Mouths, the radio talkers were doin' their thing in the Mabee Center at Oral Roberts University in Tulsa, OK. Greta had evidently been a caller on Boo
Environmentalist coercionMarcelino Fuentes: Biopolitical
2005-10-22 05:26:18
Dave Roberts writes with style. That's why I pick one of his posts to illustrate the coercive side of environmentalism:
http://www.mcarthurweb.com/archive.aspx?item=439
It looks like George Wi
mcarthurweb
2005-10-22 01:01:44
It looks like George Will is about finished with any defense of the Harriet Miers nomination:
...Surely no Democrat can retain a shred of self-respect if, having voted against John Roberts, he or she then declares Miers fit fo
From the Left End of the Bell Curve
Comes Anthony...Brainster's Blog
2005-10-22 00:55:25
From the Left End of the Bell Curve
Comes Anthony R. Roberts of Davie, FL.
Your Tawny AwardWOW Report
2005-10-21 19:50:19 In this webisode, edited by WOW's lovely Laura Shady, the lithe and limber Tawny Roberts tells us a little about herself and shows us a some of her work with Vivid Entertainment. The five-foot-seven blue-eyed blonde is a deeply...
Jack Roberts on Jack RobertsBlueOregon: progressive politics, news, and commentary for Oregon (1)
2005-10-21 16:48:54Over at Gullyborg, a right-wing Oregon blog, putative Oregon Supreme Court candidate Jack Roberts gives a long interview about his views. It's long, but here's a few key snippets: On Oregon Right to Life: "I’ve always had a good rel
Open source provides sweet relief for CRM CRM Help
2005-10-21 16:20:05 Open source provides sweet relief for CRM Sydney Morning Herald - Oct 18 9:36 AM John Roberts, chief executive of SugarCRM, says open source emphasises engineering, not sales and marketing. Photo: Rob ONeill Frustration is w
Haitian justice--American theofascist styleNot In My Bible
2005-10-21 14:12:52
This is how our own theofascists would do things if they thought they could get away with it...which they will with both Roberts and Miers on the Supreme Court.
Haiti had a democ
Miers Exit StrategyPowerpundit
2005-10-21 13:01:45Exit advice from Charles Krauthammer, using the "irreconcilable differences" strategy picked up yesterday when Sens. Graham and Brownback demanded privileged documents from the White House: "For a nominee who, unlike John Roberts, has
Save our forests... unless the U.S. wants to put tariffs on themBLOG.THISMAGAZINE.CA
2005-10-21 12:37:15In this weeks NOW Magazine, Wayne Roberts provides some much-needed perspective on the softwood lumber dispute. He wonders why many moderate, even progressive, Canadians are looking to the federal government to stand up to the United Stat
Krauthammer's adviceNitpicker
2005-10-21 12:23:49
Charles Krauthammer says that it's "perfectly honorable" for Harriet Miers to back out because the Senate can't possibly look at the advice she gave to Bush:For a nominee who, unlike John Roberts, has pract
The Miers CircusThings Going Round & Round
2005-10-21 12:21:35
How could G.W. Bush get it so right with Chief Justice John Roberts and so absolutely wrong with Ms. Harriet Miers?
John Fund, in today's
The Knucklehead of the Day awardThe Florida Masochist (1)
2005-10-21 12:11:52For the second day in a row, we have another less than brilliant criminal. Today's winner is Anthony R Roberts of Hialeah Florida. He
Podcast: Interview with Emergency Room Physician and MedBlogger GruntDocSoundPractice.Net (4)
2005-10-21 04:31:47Kent Bottles, Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of Medical Practice Management interviews Dr. Allen Roberts of the GruntDoc.com medical blog. Several of the topics they discuss are medical blogging and its effect on medicine, why doctors are so slow to
Why yes, as a matter of fact, I do know JackResistance is futile! (3)
2005-10-20 18:05:00Jack Roberts, that is. I had the pleasure of meeting Jack a few weeks ago at a symposium on public interest and public service law. We chatted for a few moments, and I asked him if he'd be interested in...
Miers: The Only Exit StrategyDaly Thoughts (3)
2005-10-21 09:31:35 Krauthammer:
Finally, a way out: irreconcilable differences over documents.
For a nominee who, unlike John Roberts, has practically no record on constitutional issues, such documentation is essential for the Senate to judge her thinking and legal
Poll on Miers:The Volokh Conspiracy - - (3)
2005-10-22 10:10:00Contrary to the poll cited yesterday, this poll (it is my understanding that this is a Gallup Poll) finds much weaker support for Miers than Roberts, both among self-described...
Still more on the Harriet Miers questionnaireSW Virginia law blog (2)
2005-10-20 12:22:10This post, among other things, shows the startling contrast between the questionnaire answers of Harriet Miers and those of John Roberts on the question of judi
Available online from law.com: Tony Mauro has arHow Appealing (2)
2005-10-20 23:45:40Available online from law.com: Tony Mauro has articles headlined "How to Build a Top Supreme Court Practice: Having a headliner like Seth Waxman can help, but it's not the only recipe for success" and "Roberts Dips Toe Into Cert
Miers alienates senators face-to-faceStygius (2)
2005-10-20 21:19:21The hapless Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers is having quite a time following in John Roberts' footsteps. Not only has the White House's bumbling effort to keep her stealthy pissed off the Judiciary Committee's big dogs, apparently
The private meetings with senators haven't gone well.Althouse (2)
2005-10-21 09:30:19
The Washington Times reports that Harriet Miers won't be visiting with any more senators prior to her hearings. She's only done 25 visits -- and they've been "more chaotic than courteous." John Roberts visi
The Chief goes swimmingSentencing Law and Policy (2)
2005-10-21 09:56:44Though I am sure Article III Groupie loves the thought of Chief Justice Roberts wearing a bathing suit underneath his robe, the Chief's swimming referenced in this post title concerns his participation in the cert pool. Here is a report...
OuchArguing with signposts…
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2005-10-21 03:12:42After the Home Run, a White House Balk?:
Several conservative activists who avidly backed Roberts are keeping silent or offering tepid public endorsements of Miers, using private channels to express their dismay to the White House. Yesterday, in on
Jack Roberts on Jack RobertsBlueOregon: progressive politics, news, and commentary for Oregon (1)
2005-10-21 16:48:54Over at Gullyborg, a right-wing Oregon blog, putative Oregon Supreme Court candidate Jack Roberts gives a long interview about his views. It's long, but here's a few key snippets: On Oregon Right to Life: "I’ve always had a good rel
The Knucklehead of the Day awardThe Florida Masochist (1)
2005-10-21 12:11:52For the second day in a row, we have another less than brilliant criminal. Today's winner is Anthony R Roberts of Hialeah Florida. He
CoburntCatallarchy (1)
2005-10-22 18:33:44I like this one. As I recall, he was the only one on the judiciary committee who sounded like he believed what he was saying during the Roberts hearing.
He'll never last.
From the Wall Street Journal:
On current trends, freshman Tom Cob
Cue the Litmus Tests?Confirm Them (1)
2005-10-23 02:34:48 Jed Babbin writes about George Wills recent column:
Will, and other Miers critics, seem willing to give up too much to sink her. We won, in the Roberts confirmation, the ability to ensure future justices against the political pressure on sp
An Important Letter to the Honorable John RobertsThe Anti-Manicheist (1)
2005-10-22 23:49:45
October 22, 2005
Honorable John RobertsChief Justice US Supreme CourtOffice of the Administrative AssistantTo the Chief Justice, Room 5Supreme Court of the United
Specter and Leahy Ask for Follow-Up Answers from Miers
Patterico’s Pontifications
2005-10-19 23:26:13 Did Arlen Specter and Pat Leahy send a letter like this to John Roberts?
While the question about her lapsed bar dues is interesting, I am most interested in the request regarding question 17, which asks Miers for detail regarding her positions on
Time to TriangulateDon't Let Me Stop You
2005-10-20 13:08:00The confirmation of Harriet Miers may require Clintonian-like "triangulation" on the part of GWB and company. There are apparently, based on the Roberts confirmation, 22 deadend Senate Democrats who will vote against anyone appointed by President Bu
Miers Magical Mystery TourHard Starboard
2005-10-19 21:56:01Remember how John Roberts' whirlwind tour of Senate offices foreshadowed his tour de force performance before the Judiciary Committee that left every last Donk looking like senile dementiacs, drooling Neanderthals, and Joe Biden
How Shall We Then Blog-- Parts I and IIJordan's View
2005-10-20 01:09:44
Mark D. Roberts, a blogging pastor who also attended GodBlogCon, posted earlier this month on the topic of blogging. I think his posts, How Shall We Then Blog,
Foreign Law and the Constitution (part two)SobekPundit
2005-10-19 23:54:33
Dave has a reply to my
Miers is a good bowler...who knew?The Pink Flamingo Bar & Grill
2005-10-20 09:26:25
Who stole President Bush and replaced him with the person impersonating him now? Ann Coulter unfazed from being wrong about Roberts launchs into an attack against Miers. I was unconvinced in regards to Mier
Comcast Wants to Google YouMediaCitizen
2005-10-20 08:06:06
Comcast Chief Executive Brian Roberts spoke yesterday of his plans to remake the nation's largest cable provider into the Google of television.
Comcast has been rolling out and expanding its on-demand vide
Cafe Hayek LinksNobrainer’s Blog
2005-10-20 08:56:51 Ive touted Cafe Hayek as being one of my favorite blogs many times, so I will not repeat that here. But there are a few links that may be of interest, for those who do not read it regularly.
On the 16th Russ Roberts posted a podcast on bio
Ultimate StealthMyDD :: Due Diligence of Politics, Election Forecast & the World Today
2005-10-20 15:00:42Check out Progressive Law Blogs for the latest on Miers, Fitzmas, and other legal matters. Forget actually having a record of rulings or, like Roberts, claiming that everything you ev
Who is Harriet's Fred Thompson?B Relevant
2005-10-20 12:15:03
Do you remember Senator Fred Thompson? Remember how he shepherded John Roberts through the confirmation process? Well I do. And I'm wondering, who is Harriet Miers' Fred Thompson?
She needs one
How Appealing