$880.01: That’s the winning bid on the eBay auction that just concluded moments ago of a Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist bobblehead doll.

Available online from law.com: Marcia Coyle reports that “Miers Nomination Creates Looming Battle Over Privilege; Counsel’s papers may reveal views.”

An article reports that “After ‘Booker,’ Judges Reduce Crack Cocaine Sentences.”

And in other news, “Case Headed for Pa. High Court Review Could Change Definition of ‘Verdict.’”

“Grandparents Given Rights by Ohio Court”: This article will appear Tuesday in The New York Times. You can access today’s ruling of the Supreme Court of Ohio at this link.

“Letters reveal Miers’ profound admiration for Bush”: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram on Tuesday will contain an article that begins, “Harriet Miers, President Bush’s nominee for the Supreme Court, quickly developed a deep and almost gushing admiration for her boss from her earliest days in Texas government.”

FOXNews.com reports that “Conservative Critics Question Miers’ Abilities.”

Tuesday’s edition of The Telegraph (UK) reports that “Bush nominee faces rebellious Senate.”

WorldNetDaily.com reported yesterday that “Harriet Miers contributed to Hillary’s election in 2000.”

And The Seattle Post-Intelligencer on Tuesday will contain an editorial entitled “Court Nomination: Uncertain justice.”

“Conservatives Battle Over Miers Nomination”: This segment (transcript with link to audio) appeared on today’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer.”

Part two of today’s CNBC interview with Justice Antonin Scalia: You can access part two by clicking here (Windows Media). I linked to video of part one of the interview in this post from this morning.

“Texas Opens Records on Court Nominee Miers”: The Associated Press provides this report.

“Scalia leads Columbus Day Parade”: New York Newsday provides this update. And The Associated Press reports that “Scalia Leads Columbus Day Parade in N.Y.”

Photos of Justice Antonin Scalia’s appearance as Grand Marshall can be accessed via this link.

$787.77: With two hours left in the auction at eBay, that’s currently the high bid on a Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist bobblehead doll. As detailed in this earlier post, the last two bobble Chiefs auctioned at eBay sold for more than $2,000.

“Dobson will explain Miers information”: The Rocky Mountain News provides an update that begins, “Focus on the Family founder James Dobson will take to the airwaves Wednesday and Thursday to clarify what information he got from the White House or other sources about U.S. Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Miers’s Firm Backed Sham Shelter, Senate Report Says.”

The Gainesville (Tex.) Daily Register today contains an article headlined “‘Our Judge Meier’ – Former Gainesville resident mistaken for Supreme Court nominee.”

Online at NPR.org, Ron Elving has a “Watching Washington” essay entitled “Overlooking the Key Question for Miers.”

And The Philadelphia Daily News today contains an editorial entitled “A nomination even the Right doesn’t like: Why Harriet Miers must drop out of Supreme Court selection.”

“Analyzing Paul Mirengoff’s Piece — and Announcing My Position on Miers”: “Patterico’s Pontifications” offers this post, in which Patterico concludes, “Unless something changes drastically, I will be opposing the Miers nomination.”

And just yesterday at the blog “Underneath Their Robes,” we learned that “A3G officially opposes the nomination of Harriet Miers to be an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court!!!”

“Why anti-Miers conservatives misjudge Bush’s choice”: Dante Chinni will have this op-ed Tuesday in The Christian Science Monitor.

Blogging Harriet Miers: The blog “The Truth Laid Bear” has a page devoted to the topic. On the nomination’s one week anniversary, it looks like “How Appealing” currently occupies third place in the overall [quantity based?] rankings. [Ed.: But one and two are group blogs, right?] [Ed.’s ed.: Must you be so competitive about everything?]

On Wednesday, I’ll be able to post online the newest installment of my monthly appellate column, which appears today in The Legal Intelligencer. It’s titled “Miers Nomination Catches Bush Off–Base.”

“Stefan Presser, 52, Legal Chief for A.C.L.U. in Pennsylvania, Dies”: This obituary appears today in The New York Times.

And The Philadelphia Inquirer yesterday contained an obituary headlined “Stefan Presser, tireless rights advocate.”

“New Supreme Court needs new First Amendment direction”: Paul K. McMasters has this essay online at the First Amendment Center.

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Day to Day“: The broadcast contained segments entitled “The Conservative Backlash Over Miers” and “Conservative Supreme Court Controversy.”

“Mike Price, Time Inc. Settle SI Lawsuit”: The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “Time Inc. has settled a $20 million defamation suit filed by former Alabama football coach Mike Price over a Sports Illustrated article about a night of drinking at a topless bar in Florida.” A statement from Sports Illustrated can be accessed here, and Coach Price has also issued a statement.

“Miers and Brimstone: Let’s stop pretending there’s no religious test for nominees.” Christopher Hitchens has this essay online at Slate.

The Three Stooges dissent: From the dissent issued today to an en banc Eighth Circuit Booker sentencing guidelines case: “Assume that Larry, Moe, and Curly are executive officers of a corporation with insider knowledge.” Mercifully, the dissent lacks any mention of Shemp and Curly Joe.

“Blawg Review #27”: Available online here at “Legal Blog Watch.”

“Holding Our Fire–And Our Breath; Why Harriet Miers merits support from conservatives”: Paul Mirengoff has this essay online today at The Weekly Standard.

And the October 24, 2005 issue of The Nation will contain an editorial entitled “Crony Constitutionalism” and an essay by Law Professor David Cole entitled “Blank Check for Bush?”

“Justice Scalia says ‘not a chance’ to cameras; In a rare interview, the Supreme Court judge talks about TV coverage of legal cases, the confirmation process and the changing court”: MSNBC provides this transcript from today’s broadcast of the “Today” show. You can view the video from the broadcast by clicking here (Windows Media).

“‘Pro-life’ Miers to be unbiased on court: ally.” Reuters provides this report.

“In furor over pay raise, sights are set on judges”: The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette today contains an article that begins, “Citizen groups angry about state legislators’ big pay raise want to vote incumbent lawmakers out of office on Nov. 8. There’s only one problem — there aren’t any legislators up for re-election next month. So the pay-raise protesters are doing what they consider to be the next best thing. They’re urging Pennsylvanians to take out their frustrations on two state Supreme Court justices who are up for a 10-year retention election on Nov. 8 — Russell Nigro and Sandra Schultz Newman, both of Philadelphia. Ousting them, the protesters say, would send a strong statewide message that political incumbents aren’t safe, no matter who they are, and it might even lead legislators to rethink the raise.”

In earlier coverage, The Philadelphia Inquirer recently published an article headlined “New target for anger over raises: Judges” and an op-ed by Timothy Potts entitled “Pay back two Pa. justices on Election Day.”

And The Philadelphia Daily News last week published an op-ed by columnist John Baer entitled “Disgruntled voters get chance to send message.”

“Scalia Says Confirmation Too Politicized”: The Associated Press provides this report.

And NY1 reports here that “Final preparations are being made for this year’s [Columbus Day Parade] festivities, which will feature U.S. Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia as Grand Marshal.”

“A Lifelong Texan Called to Serve; An outsider in D.C., a player in Dallas”: T.R. Goldman and Lily Henning have this article (free access) in today’s issue of Legal Times.

Is she better off financially today than she was four years ago? At PointofLaw.com, Ted Frank has a post titled “Press coverage on Miers’s wealth wrong.”

It may be both the second Monday in October and a federal holiday: Nonetheless, later today the auction of a Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist bobblehead doll will conclude online at eBay. The last two bobble Chiefs auctioned at eBay sold for more than $2,000 (see here and here).

“Does Gender Matter? A Feminist Look at the Nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court.” FindLaw commentator Joanna Grossman has this essay online today.

One week ago today, at this very moment: News sources began to report that President Bush would nominate Harriet Miers to replace Justice Sandra Day O’Connor on the Supreme Court of the United States.

“Is The President’s Crony Good Enough For The Court?” Stuart Taylor Jr. has this essay online at National Journal.

“Unlikely Figure Getting Calls on Miers”: Today in The New York Sun, Josh Gerstein has an article that begins, “Within hours of President Bush’s announcement that he was nominating Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court, the phone at Lawrence Littwin’s Upper East Side apartment began ringing off the hook. The callers were reporters eager to hear about the five stormy months Mr. Littwin spent working for the nominee nearly a decade ago.”

The Washington Times reports today that “Half of Senate Republicans doubt Miers” and “GOP rank and file back Miers.”

The Chicago Tribune reports that “Even Republicans take up Bush-whacking; Some conservatives join insurrection on policies, nominations.”

Newsday reports that “Alleged Rove secret riles senators.”

The Denver Post reports that “Senators press Dobson to talk; What did Rove say about Miers? Judiciary panelists want to know what the evangelist was told to win his support for Bush’s court nominee.”

The Dallas Morning News contains articles headlined “Home on Sunday, Miers attends church twice; Nominee visits Episcopal church and breakaway congregation“; “Talk of a Miers ‘back room deal’ raises concerns; Senators to ask about remarks suggesting vote was pledged“; and “Critics see a spoils system in the White House; Administration denies cronyism, says only the most qualified are hired.”

And in The Los Angeles Times, Ronald Brownstein’s “Washington Outlook” essay is headlined “Be It Confidence or Hubris, Bush Nominates Boldly.”

In commentary, The Hartford Courant contains an editorial entitled “No Need To Rush To Judgment.”

In The Washington Post, Al Kamen’s “In the Loop” column is entitled “U.S. Doesn’t Corner the Market on Cronyism.”

In The Chicago Sun-Times, columnist Robert Novak has an op-ed entitled “Conservative rift in GOP hard to heal.”

In The Boston Globe, columnist Cathy Young has an op-ed entitled “Bush’s faith-based nominee.”

The Arkansas News Bureau offers an op-ed by John Brummett entitled “Cut to the chase: Confirm this woman.”

In The Topeka Capital-Journal, Gregory L. Schneider has an op-ed entitled “Nominee leaves conservatives confused.”

And in The Washington Times, Mark Steyn has an op-ed entitled “Brick-by-brick strategy.”

But is it “high tech“? The Los Angeles Times today reports that “Specter Says a ‘Lynch Mob’ Is After Nominee; GOP senator doesn’t say he’ll support Harriet Miers for the Supreme Court, but his remark tacitly rebukes attacks on her by conservatives.”

“Occupational Hazard”: The New York Times today contains an op-ed by Coleen Rowley and Dylan Blaylock that begins, “Even as the public focuses on President Bush’s most recent Supreme Court nomination, the business of the court goes on. And this week, it will take up a First Amendment case, Garcetti v. Ceballos, that is crucial not only to government workers across the country, but to all Americans concerned about free speech and national security.”

“Quagmiers”: In the October 17, 2005 issue of The New Yorker, Hendrik Hertzberg has a “Talk of the Town” comment that begins, “It’s early yet, but plumbing the depths of Associate Justice-to-be (or not to be) Harriet E. Miers, if there are any, promises to have more in common with archeology than with law. Figuring out who she is, and what she would be likely to bring to the Supreme Court, will be like deducing the life story of some mid-level functionary of an ancient Pharaoh’s court from a few shards of pottery found in the rubble of a looted tomb. The papyrus trail, in other words, is sparse.”