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Blog Round-Up – Friday, October 21st

On the Miers nomination:

Think Progress has this post on the fact that Miers was suspended from the Texas bar.

PrawfsBlawg has this post on the Democratic Party’s response – or lack thereof – to the Miers’ nomination.

Here PrawfsBlawg also asks whether or not Miers is a pro-business nominee.

On Balkinization Marty Lederman rounds-up some virtues of the Miers nomination.

The National Review Online has this article titled, “The Miers Support Team: Gloomy and Demoralized.”

The Volokh Conspiracy discusses the “tipping point” of the nomination here.

In other news:

Yesterday, Terry Gross interviewed Justice Breyer for the NPR show “Fresh Air.”

Sentencing Law & Policy has this post on Chief Justice Roberts’ decision to join the Court’s cert pool. The post references this article on the subject by Tony Mauro.