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It appears that the right-leaning but Bush-disliking Professor Bainbridge was the first to notice this extraordinary tidbit from Harriet Miers' past (a hat tip also to David Sirota at HuffPost). This morning, President Bush touted Miers' leadership abilities, including her position as managing partner of Locke Liddell, a major Texas law firm. Turns out, however, that Locke Liddell had a teensy little legal problem while Miers was running it: the firm represented a client who was defrauding ...

President Bush has selected White House counsel Harriet Miers to replace retiring Suprem Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor. If confirmed, Miers - who has never served as a judge - would become the third woman to serve on the Supreme Court. Last year, Legal Times reported that Miers "has long been one of the most discreet, most private, and most protective members of George W. Bush's inner circle."...

The indictment of House Majority Leader Tom DeLay, which forced him to step down Wednesday from his post in the congressional leadership, has brought to the surface bitter conflicts within the American ruling elite. While DeLay was indicted for violating a Texas state law prohibiting corporate campaign contributions to state legislative candidates, the broader issues concern the direction of the Bush administration and the Republican-controlled Congress....

Away to prison for three years goes Lynndie England, her pleas for mercy ignored by the military judge in Fort Hood, Texas. So who are the penalized thus far to indicate America's revulsion over the systematic use of torture by its own forces? It tots up to a handful of rednecks....

WASHINGTON: John Roberts was confirmed as America's Chief Justice with a clear Senate majority marking a rare victory for George Bush in a blizzard of setbacks, failures and embarrassments....

I went to the planning board meeting on the Megaplex the other night, and the only people really supporting that thing are the business people and a handful of their friends. Everyone who spoke out against the project was an average resident. One guy who seemed to just be a regular guy supporting the Megaplex, let it slip that he had actually worked on the development of the project! The city officials seem completely bought off. This event seems like a healthy response to the outrageous...

22 Democratic Senators put themselves on record as supporters of an openly fascist judge for nomination as Supreme Court Chief Justice, Judge Roberts, demonstrating how viciously reactionary the Democratic Party is, the same as the Republicans. The list of shame is here....

"With a Chief Justice who's been given a stamp of approval by the extreme right-wing, it's critical that the next Justice preserve a fair and balanced court," said Human Rights Campaign President Joe Solmonese....

Backed by the gambling industry, Republican Senator Trent Lott of Mississippi outmuscled army officials who tried to impose a moratorium on casino projects along the coast. We speak with Washington Post reporter Michael Grunwald....

The Carnival deal has come under particular scrutiny. Not only are questions being raised over the contract's cost, but congressional investigators are examining the company's tax status. Carnival, which is based in Miami but incorporated for tax purposes in Panama, paid just $3 million in income tax benefits on $1.9 billion in pretax income last year, according to company documents....