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Just when you're settling into a slow pre-holiday Friday as Washington clears
out of town, boom!, goes a bombshell story...So much for the big weekend plans!
We're all over it from soup to nuts tonight at 7pm ET...
We'll do the legacy angle, the court makeup angle and preview the confirmation
battle ahead for her successor...In other words, we're moving up the Washington
fireworks a few days in advance!
We'll have a constellation of stars including constitutional lawyer/scholar
Lawrence Tribe, uber-attorney Bob Bennett, GOP lawyer Ben Ginsberg, fmr.
Senator Alan Simpson, court watching Wiseman Stu Taylor of National Journal
("Natty-Joe"), Time mag SCOTUS reporter Vivica Novak, Wash Post congressional
reporter (and nominee battle score-keeper) Mike Allen and of course our own
Justice Reporter for NBC News Pete Williams..
This lineup subject to the call of the Chair, natch..
So fire up the grill, pop a few brewskis and please join us for this momentous
news story!
Oh and this weekend MSNBC will air a special one hour documentary on the high
court, "The Supreme Court, Defining America" hosted by Chris and featuring NBC
Nightly News anchor Brian Williams and Newsweek's Jon Meacham...We'll examine
the history of the court, the recent big decisions and what the O'Connor
retirement means for the future makeup of the court...Please tune in on
Saturday at 7 pm ET and Sunday night at 9 pm ET, right before the "Meet The
Press" re-air...
Dominic Bellone wrote, compiled and edited The Hardball Briefing from
Washington, DC
Supreme Court Justice O'Connor retiring...First female member of court; key
swing vote on abortion, death penalty (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8430976/
"This is to inform you of my decision to retire from my position as an
associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, effective upon the
nomination and confirmation of my successor," O'Connor, 75, said in a letter to
President Bush. (Reuters)
http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=topNews&storyID=2005-07-01T145506Z_01_N01508293_RTRIDST_0_NEWS-COURT-OCONNOR-DC.XML
Letter verbate:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/01/AR2005070100666_pf.html
Curry: O'Connor had immense power as swing vote...Over 24 years, justice
shifted her views on abortion and death penalty
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/5304484/
Bush vows to act fast, seeks 'dignified' debate...O'Connor's decision to retire
sets off nomination, confirmation battles (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8432499/
Now that Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor has announced her
retirement, the Republican-controlled Senate will try to get her successor in
place before the court's new term begins in October. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050701/D8B2M2201.html
Most suicide bombers in Iraq are foreigners...The majority of suicide attackers
in Iraq are thought to be foreigners - primarily Saudis and other Gulf Arabs -
and the trend has become more pronounced this year with North Africans also
streaming in to carry out deadly missions. (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8420885/
U.S. unable to find team after Afghan crash...Ill-fated helicopter was sent to
support missing reconnaissance group (MSNBC)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8391112/
Baghdad's mayor decried the capital's crumbling infrastructure and its
inability to supply enough clean water to residents, threatening Thursday to
resign if the government won't provide more money. (AP)
http://apnews.myway.com/article/20050630/D8B26HD00.html
Congress works to blunt court decision...DeLay calls Supreme Court ruling on
seizing private property 'horrible' (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8422790/
Senate OKs trade pact with 6 Latin nations...Close House vote expected on
measure that Democrats vow to defeat (AP) http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8424884/
Ethics committee leaders end stalemate...Probe of DeLay may proceed (AP)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8425223/
The identity of Deep Throat, The Washington Post's key Watergate source, was
almost revealed nearly three decades ago, according to Bob Woodward's new book
on his relationship with W. Mark Felt. (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/30/AR2005063002025.html
The Garage Where Secrets Were Parked (The Washington Post)
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/30/AR2005063001959.html?nav=hcmodule
Brooke Shields blasts Cruise's 'ridiculous rant'...Actress writes remarks on
medication 'a disservice to mothers everywhere' (Reuters)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8427947/
Opinion/Editorial
Corn: O'Connor Resigns; Ugliness To Come
http://www.thenation.com/blogs/capitalgames?bid=3&pid=4234
Terry: As the nation was waiting to see where the Supreme Court would tolerate
displaying the Ten Commandments, the court violated one.
http://www.humaneventsonline.com/article.php?id=7913
The Wall Street Journal: Jailing Reporters...The press corps unleashed a
prosecutor on itself.
http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110006898
Bad Reporter http://www.sfgate.com/columnists/asmussen/
Doonesbury http://www.ucomics.com/doonesbury/
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