President Bush nominates Samuel A. Alito to fill Sandra Day O’Connor’s seat on the Supreme Court. Judge Alito has been nicknamed “Scalito” because of the similarity between himself and Antonin Scalia. Nice Save, Mr. President! P.S. “Scalito,” not to be confused with the delicious snack “Dorito”!

Stephen F. Hayes, Senior Writer for The Weekly Standard In a previous post, I argued that the attempt to discredit the Iraq war on the basis of the indictment of Scooter Libby is a “non-sequitor.” Stephen Hayes says essentially the same thing in the most recent issue of The Weekly Standard: In the literal sense, attempts to link the case for war in Iraq to the Fitzgerald investigation are illogical. If a White House official lied to a grand jury in 2004, as Fitzgerald contends, that fact has little bearing on the case made for war in Iraq in 2002 (source). I might have alleged that Hayes has been reading…

I. Lewis ‘Scooter’ Libby, Vice President Dick Cheney’s chief of staff. Photo Credit: AP Yes, I. Lewis Libby was charged today with perjury, obstruction of justice, and making false statements (see indictment). No, he was not charged with illegally leaking the identity of an undercover CIA operative. However, the indictment does not charge Libby with the original alleged offense that the grand jury set out to investigate: illegally revealing the identity of a covert agent in violation of a 1982 federal law (Washington Post). As I predicted in my previous post, this has not prevented congressional Democrats from smearing the entire Bush administration and the case that it made for…

The New York Times is reporting that the Vice-President’s chief of staff, Scooter Libby, is to be indicted tomorrow for making false statements under oath. Karl Rove will not be indicted but will remain under investigation. Yes, you heard it right. According to the Times’ reporting, there won’t be any indictments for leaking the identity of undercover CIA agent Valerie Plame (the original reason for the investigation). But don’t you worry. The opponents of this administration will spin this as if Libby and Rove are being charged with leaking her identity. Mark my words. Tomorrow morning, the hacks will be indicting the whole administration for something that the grand jury…

The AP reports: WASHINGTON – Confronted with criticism from both the left and right, Harriet Miers on Thursday withdrew her nomination to the U.S. Supreme Court. In a statement, President Bush said he “reluctantly accepted” her decision to withdraw, after weeks of insisting that he did not want her to step down. For the whole story click here: “Miers withdraws Supreme Court nomination.” Mier’s Withdrawal Letter President Bush’s Statement Washington Post: “Harriet Miers Withdraws Nomination” New York Times: “Bush’s Embattled Nominee to Supreme Court Withdraws”