Today's reactions to the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court have been most interesting. Right blogistan is, in general, apoplectic. Check out the icky Michelle Malkin's roundup of uniformly negative (to put it … [Read more...]
Harriet Miers’ Enron problem
LOCKE LIDDELL: $ 22 Mil Settlement Serves as Warning to Other Law FirmsLocke Liddell & Sapp's agreement to pay $ 22 million to settle a suit alleging it aided a client in defrauding investors is expected to serve as a warning to other … [Read more...]
Look for a HUGE fight over Miers documents
Harriet Miers has never been a judge, and her law practice appears to have consisted entirely of representing ordinary commercial interests.* There is, therefore, one and only one source for documents revealing her views on important … [Read more...]
One analyst: Miers will not be confirmed
Tom Goldstein, a respected lawyer, Supreme Court analyst for NPR, and host of the excellent SCOTUSblog, has predicted that the Senate will reject Harriet Miers' nomination to the Supreme Court - a possibility I also floated here. … [Read more...]
Random early reaction to Miers nomination: Harrold Carswell redux?
The folks at the right-wing "Confirm Them" site are despondent over the Miers nomination, viewing this as a historic betrayal of the cause to remake the judiciary. The fear, I suspect is twofold. First, Miers has no … [Read more...]
Harriet Miers will be named to replace Sandra Day O’Connor
NPR and other sources are reporting that President Bush will name his current White House Counsel, Harriet Miers, to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.WHO???Like everyone else in the United States, I know very … [Read more...]
MCAS results in EZ-to-search form
The Herald has helpfully provided a page where you can view the 2005 MCAS results statewide, by district, or by individual school.More than a quarter of all Massachusetts eighth graders failed math and science, and the numbers for math and … [Read more...]
Adam Reilly joins the blogosphere
Adam Reilly, who has written some of the Boston Phoenix's most interesting articles on local politics, has a new Phoenix-sponsored blog called Talking Politics. It's on our daily reading list, and should be on yours too! Welcome … [Read more...]
Comcast blows off the voters
Boston Mayor Tom Menino and challenger Maura Hennigan squared off in a debate of sorts on WGBH's "Greater Boston" on Wednesday night. I wasn't able to watch it (anyone out there care to offer a report?), but certainly voters … [Read more...]
Judith Miller caves; will testify in Novak-Plame-gate
As everyone knows by now, NY Times reporter Judith Miller ended her self-inflicted martyrdom by agreeing to testify before the Novak-Plame-gate grand jury, thereby releasing herself from jail.A lot has already been said about today's … [Read more...]
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