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Harriet Miers, Supreme Court Justice?

This is certainly the surprise nomination. Bush’s personal lawyer, charges of cronyism, early positive statements from Daily Kos and Harry Reid, conservative bloggers’ heads explode, and threats of a Republican filibuster? It’s hard to know what to think. However, (via Volokh Conspiracy) &c. blog notes this piece of writing from Harriet Miers:

[…] The same […]

Action Alert: Souder is at it again

Via Drug Policy Alliance:

Representative Mark Souder (R-IN) has introduced a bill that would subject thousands of low-level, nonviolent methamphetamine offenders to long mandatory minimum prison sentences. These penalties are even worse than the ones enacted for crack in the 1980s. Breaking up families and wasting taxpayer dollars will do nothing to reduce the problems […]

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