“Revised Miers strategy raises new questions; Some find emphasis on her faith suspicious, inappropriate”: Joan Biskupic has this article today in USA Today.

The Washington Post reports today that “Laura Bush Echoes Sexism Charge in Miers Debate.” The newspaper also contains an article headlined “Warren? Or Burger? A Matter of Judgment.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Christian Leader Says He Was Told of Miers’ Beliefs; In remarks to be aired today, James Dobson says Karl Rove assured him in advance that the high court pick was a conservative evangelical.”

In The Boston Globe, Charlie Savage reports that “Miers foes see law questions as way to derail nomination; Groups aim to make her seem unqualified.”

The Washington Times contains articles headlined “Miers to face hostile queries from both sides of aisle” and “Bush stands by nominee’s credentials.”

The Houston Chronicle contains articles headlined “In ’97, Miers faced claim she violated constitutional right; U.S. senators vetting the high court nominee may well review firings in Texas” and “Miers, Bush have been close at least a decade; Supreme Court nominee sent the then-governor effusive letters from 1995-2000.”

The Dallas Morning News contains an article headlined “First lady: Miers criticism could stem from sexism; Conservatives say their challenges based on qualifications.”

The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports that “Christian leader details Rove call.”

The Rocky Mountain News reports that “Defiant Dobson denies collusion; He says Rove never promised that Miers will oppose abortion.”

The Denver Post contains an article headlined “Dobson: nothing to hide; Focus founder dares senators to bring him in; Dobson says Karl Rove didn’t tell him how the Supreme Court pick would rule on Roe vs. Wade.”

And The Chippewa Herald reports that “Kohl taking wait-and-see approach to Miers nomination.”

In commentary, in The New York Times, columnist Maureen Dowd has an op-ed entitled “To Sir, With Love” (TimesSelect).

In The Washington Post, columnist David Ignatius has an op-ed entitled “How the Republicans Let It Slip Away.”

In The Boston Globe, columnist Derrick Z. Jackson has an op-ed entitled “A blind eye to gender bias.”

In The Washington Times, David Limbaugh has an op-ed entitled “Issues of stewardship…,” while Clarence Page has an op-ed entitled “…and dissatisfaction.”

In The Dallas Morning News, columnist Steve Blow has an op-ed entitled “Dallas critics, please approach the bench.”

The Amarillo Globe-News contains an editorial entitled “Brownback, senatorial critics need to take a step back.”

From the Arkansas News Bureau, David Sanders has an op-ed entitled “Understanding the right’s dismay with Miers.”

Online at The Weekly Standard, Edward Morrissey has an essay entitled “The Sounds of Silence: The White House isn’t saying much about Harriet Miers.”

And FindLaw commentator Michael C. Dorf has an essay entitled “A Crash Course in Constitutional Law for Harriet Miers–and Everybody Else.”

“Killer Loses Bid to High Court; U.S. Supreme Court declines to review the case of Stanley ‘Tookie’ Williams; He could be executed in December if further appeals fail”: This article appears today in The Los Angeles Times.

And in The San Francisco Chronicle, Bob Egelko reports that “Nobel nominee’s death appeal denied; 2 others also lose — 3 executions now a possibility.”