One thing you shouldn’t hold against Miers
There’s been a lot of discussion in the blogosphere and on the opinion pages by conservative writers about the fact that USSC nominee Harriet Meirs used to be a Democrat.
Hold on to your hats
At 8 AM EDT, President Bush is expected to announce his nominee for Supreme Court Justice to replace the retiring Sandra Day O’Connor. His choice? Harriet Miers, White House counsel – according to a "senior administration official." We’ll know for sure in less than an hour.
Earle on film
Byron York from NRO reports:
The next USSC nomination
The President isn’t expected to announce his nominee choice for the second Supreme Court vacancy left by Justice Sandra Day O’Connor until next week. In the meantime, John Hawkins over at Right Wing News asked some questions to select bloggers (including yours truly) about who they thought Bush would pick, who they hoped he would pick, and who they hoped he didn’t pick. John posted the answers here.
John Roberts confirmation vote
Matt Margolis is liveblogging it. 11:51 AM EDT Update: Roberts has been confirmed in a 78-22 vote.
The Judiciary Committee is voting on Roberts
Matt Margolis is liveblogging the votes as they happen.