Rox Populi asked (see previous), “Would love to hear from Libertarian-types […] how it would be okay to have a law requiring women to inform their husbands before they get an abortion. Or is this just another head fake, designed to take everyone’s attention away from the Plame indictments?” Actually, I think the White House would do well to keep talking about the Libby indictment, because it gives lie to

Some reaction from the left:  Chuck Schumer: It is sad that the President felt he had to pick a nominee likely to divide America instead of choosing a nominee in the mold of Sandra Day O’Connor, who would unify us. This controversial nominee, who would make the Court less diverse and far more conservative, will get very careful scrutiny from the Senate and from the American people. …And, during a

Text of the President’s announcement here.  For what it’s worth, ABC News noted that “Scalito” is called such because “some” compare him to “arch-conservative” Antonin Scalia—the “some” being those who write copy for ABC News, no doubt.  Here’s Stuart Buck on the name. Guess we know what shape the media attacks are going to take. Meanwhile, as Patterico argued in advance of the nomination, conservatives should be prepared to combat

From the Washington Post: President Bush appears poised to announce a new Supreme Court nomination today, moving quickly after a weekend of consultations to put forward a replacement for the ill-fated choice of Harriet Miers in hopes of recapturing political momentum, according to Republicans close to the White House. Judging by the names the White House floated by its political allies in recent days, Bush seems ready to pick a

JunkYardBlog reminds us about those forged “yellowcake” documents, citing this story—itself over a year old—which names an Italian businessman in the employ of French intelligence as the source of the documents Joseph Wilson claimed (to WaPo’s Walter Pincus) to have known were fake eight months before the US government even received them. Up until now, I’ve simply assumed Wilson was lying when he made such an assertion, he being the

From SA: Malaysia’s government has endorsed a university’s ruling that requires non-Muslim women to wear headscarves on its campuses, a report said on Wednesday. The minister in charge of national unity, Maximus Ongkili, said the decision by the International Islamic University earlier this year was not a religious one, but merely part of university procedures. “As the rule was approved by the university senate, it is not religious in nature

So. What are you planning on watching this week? 

In the LA Times today, Joe Wilson once again tries to turn his shopworn lies into truths by sheer force of will and repetition—and with the help of legacy media editors who are so committed to the tolerance of alternate ”truths” that they can’t bring themselves to demand opinion pieces be grounded in facts that are objectively provable. Here’s Wilson: I knew that the statement in Bush’s speech — that

This exchange between Andrew McCarthy and Mark Levin at the Corner perfectly sums up serious conservative thought on the Libby indictments:  To begin, McCarthy: Some observations from the wrenching experience of watching TV last night and witnessing people I admire – people who were on the right side of the Clinton wars and have heretofore been strong rule-of-law conservatives – engage in what is a startling defense of the conduct