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Flanigan withdraws

BYU alum Tim Flanigan has withdrawn his nomination for deputy attorney general. Flanigan, the father of 14 who graduated from BYU before law school at Virginia, faced skepticism in the Senate Judiciary Committee on several fronts. Meanwhile, bloggers are questioning why there are so many BYU alumni in the Bush administration.

My viewpoint

In case you don't get enough of my opinions already on this blog, you can read my Daily Universe Viewpoint on this week's Tenth Circuit decision in the Salt Lake City Main Street plaza dispute.

It's Miers!

President Bush nominated his former lawyer, Harriet Miers, to serve as associate justice on the Supreme Court. Miers would replace Sandra Day O'Connor. The text of Bush's nomination speech and Miers' remarks are here.

The New York Times wrote that Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., had encouraged Bush to nominate Miers. And Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said there was "hope" that Miers would be a "mainstream nominee." The Times provided more on her background in "Nominee Known for Working Hard Away From Limelight."