“Zero!!! Harriet Miers goes down (and so do we).” Slate’s no doubt final installment of the Miers-o-Meter is here.

“Withdrawal Shows Bush’s Weakness”: The Associated Press provides this news analysis.

“What’s next?” Lyle Denniston provides this commentary online at “SCOTUSblog.”

And — this is not a joke! — “SCOTUSblog” has obtained and posted a copy of Harriet Miers’s answers to the Senate Judiciary Committee‘s follow-up questions (answers here; cover letter here).

On today’s broadcast of NPR‘s “Morning Edition“: The broadcast contained segments entitled “Miers Withdraws as Supreme Court Nominee” (featuring Nina Totenberg); “Miers Withdrawal Adds to Bush’s Political Woes” (featuring Cokie Roberts); and “Sen. Brownback on Miers Withdrawal.”

Earlier, before the withdrawal was announced, this morning’s broadcast contained a segment entitled “Senate Panel Awaits More Detail from Nominee Miers.”

The U.S. Senate‘s leaders are saying: You can access statements on Harriet Miers’s withdrawal from Bill Frist, M.D. (R-TN) and Harry Reid (D-NV).

“Miers Withdraws Supreme Court Nomination”: The Los Angeles Times provides this news update.

A victory for [conservatives; liberals; elitists; those who demand highly qualified nominees to the U.S. Supreme Court; bloggers]? People For the American Way has issued a press release titled “Miers, White House Surrender to Ultraconservatives; Right Wing Power Politics Overwhelm President’s Supreme Court Pick.” Which isn’t to suggest, of course, that PFAW ultimately would have supported the Miers nomination. Meanwhile, over at JusticeMiers.com….

“Court Urged to Consider Padilla’s Appeal”: Gina Holland of The Associated Press provides this report. I have uploaded a copy of Jose Padilla’s petition for writ of certiorari, filed late Tuesday in the U.S. Supreme Court, at this link.

BREAKING NEWS — “Miers Withdraws Supreme Court Nomination”: The Associated Press provides this report.

Bloomberg News reports that “Miers Withdraws as Nominee Amid Conservative Revolt.”

Reuters reports that “Miers withdraws as Supreme Court nominee.”

CNN.com reports that “Miers withdraws nomination.”

You can access the letter of withdrawal that Harriet Miers sent to President Bush at this link.

And the text of the White House’s statement can be accessed here.

It’s too early for today’s installment of Slate’s Miers-o-Meter, but I’m courageously predicting a reading somewhere in the vicinity of 0%.

“Enough Already: It’s time to rein in special prosecutors.” Viet Dinh and Neal Katyal have this op-ed (free access) today in The Wall Street Journal.

“GOP Resurrects Plan to Split 9th Circuit Court in Two”: The Los Angeles Times contains this article today.

And The Associated Press reports that “Republicans try again to split appeals court in two.”

“2 GOP Senators Set to Join Call Against Miers”: This article appears today in The New York Sun.

The New York Times reports today that “Nominee Is Pressed on Her Abortion Views.”

The Los Angeles Times reports that “Critics and a Senator Raise Ante for Miers.”

The Boston Globe reports that “Miers will face detention questions; Specter looks to explore limits to Bush’s power.”

The Associated Press reports that “Miers Faces High Hurdle for Top ABA Rating.”

The Washington Times reports today that “Women’s group calls for Miers withdrawal.”

The Houston Chronicle reports that “Miers’ ‘do-over’ due today; Frustrated senators expect questionnaire to shed more light on nominee’s views.”

The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports that “Specter eyes Miers’ Bush link; Wants assurances against favoritism.”

And The Advocate of Baton Rouge, Louisiana reports that “Vitter noncommittal on Miers after visit.”

In commentary, Carl P. Leubsdorf of The Dallas Morning News has an essay entitled “Miers is no Roberts; But, come the hearings, could she be a Thomas?”

In The Washington Times, David Limbaugh has an essay entitled “Weight of originalism.”

Ann Coulter has an essay entitled “‘Scratch-off’ Miers.”

And syndicated columnist James J. Kilpatrick has an essay entitled “Remembering the Greatest Roman” in which he argues that Harriet Miers does not compare favorably to G. Harrold Carswell.

He couldn’t see the forest: Today in The Seattle Times, columnist Danny Westneat has an op-ed entitled “Judge got view, lost perspective” that begins, “Remember when that federal judge had 120 trees cut down in a Seattle park to improve his view?” (via “Underneath Their Robes“).

“Miers’s Autonomy Will Be at Issue; Panel to Probe Her Judicial Reasoning”: This front page article will appear Thursday in The Washington Post. Tomorrow’s newspaper will also report that “Senators Question Tax Shelter Letters; Miers’s Law Firm Sold Documents Backing Arrangement the IRS Criticized.”

USA Today on Thursday will report that “Miers to be questioned on her independence.”

And this evening’s broadcast of the PBS program “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer” contained a segment entitled “Specter, Leahy Still Concerned About Miers Nomination” (transcript with link to audio).

Available online from law.com: An article reports that “High Court May Take Up Texas Redistricting; Justices will decide whether to hear challenges to DeLay-led plan that shuffled congressional districts.”

And in other news, “All Eyes Are on High Court Over ‘Crawford’ Issues; Thousands of cases hang in balance.”

“Miers given preview of confirmation questions; Specter says autonomy from Bush, war are likely to be addressed”: Thursday’s edition of The Dallas Morning News will contain this article.

In related coverage, at “SCOTUSblog,” Lyle Denniston has a post titled “War powers quiz for Miers.”

Thursday’s edition of The Hill will contain articles headlined “Miers is put on notice” and “House right adds its voice to opposition.”

Bloomberg News reports that “Senators Say 1993 Miers Speech Raises New Questions.”

The Associated Press reports that “Coleman to press Miers about work on tax shelter.”

And Investor’s Business Daily reports that “Miers’ Prospects Looking Bleak As Philosophy, Intellect Doubted.”

“Their clout rising, blogs are courted by Washington’s elite”: This article will appear Thursday in The Christian Science Monitor.

Available online at Slate: The Miers-o-Meter today has dropped to a 60 percent chance of confirmation.

And Fred Kaplan has an essay entitled “First, Fire All the Lawyers: It’s time to put a manager in charge of the Department of Homeland Security.”

“Miers Nomination on Uncertain Ground”: This segment (RealPlayer required) appeared on this evening’s broadcast of NPR‘s “All Things Considered.”

“Miers’s Muddle: In her own words.” Edward Whelan has this essay at National Review Online.

“New GOP jitters over Miers nomination; Apparent reversal in abortion views prompts puzzlement among senators”: Tom Curry, national affairs writer for MSNBC, provides this report.

“Text of Letter From Specter to Miers”: The AP has posted it online here.

“Operation Rescue promises to actively oppose the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court of the United States if she refuses to withdraw her name from consideration.” You can access the organization’s press release at this link.

“Miers’ Former Law Firm Opens D.C. Office”: The Associated Press provides this report. The office apparently does not intend to focus on handling cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

“Prosecutor Meets With Chief Judge; Could Signal That Fitzgerald Is Seeking Extension”: Josh Gerstein of The New York Sun provides this breaking news update.

The Associated Press is reporting: Now available online are articles headlined “Specter Gives Miers Heads Up on Questions“; “Senate May Probe Miers’ Lottery Days“; and “BlackBerry Maker Denied High Court Appeal.”

“Revisiting Proposals to Split the Ninth Circuit: An Inevitable Solution to a Growing Problem”: This hearing is just getting underway now before the Senate Judiciary Committee‘s Subcommittee on Administrative Oversight and the Courts. You can view the hearing live online by clicking here (RealPlayer required).

I have posted online at this link the prepared testimony of Ninth Circuit Judge Diarmuid F. O’Scannlain, complete with full color charts and graphs.

Statement of 450 Professors of Law on Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: A letter signed by 450 law professors urging the U.S. Supreme Court to grant certiorari in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld can be viewed online here, while an alphabetical list of those who signed the letter is available at this link. Several of the most notable signatories have forwarded a copy of the letter to the ranking members of the Senate Judiciary Committee.

And for those whose penchant for all things Hamdan still isn’t sated, you can also access online Owen Bonheimer’s op-ed from Monday’s issue of Legal Times, “Blind Justice: Fair Trials for Salim Hamdan Here and Saddam Hussein in Iraq Can’t be Based on Secret Evidence; The World is Watching Us.”

“Miers Should Withdraw Now”: Edward Whelan has this post today at National Review Online’s “Bench Memos” blog.

“Sen. Wants Proof Miers Is Conservative”: Jesse J. Holland of The Associated Press provides a report that begins, “The White House should provide written evidence that Supreme Court nominee Harriet Miers has a conservative judicial philosophy instead of asking senators to rely her statements or the word of her friends, conservative Sen. David Vitter, R-La., said Wednesday.”

Forthcoming speaking appearances: This Saturday, Law Professor Doug Berman and I will be in Monterey, California to speak about law blogs at the annual conference of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California. Of course, Monterey isn’t in the Eastern District of California, but it’s supposedly a very nice destination, so no complaints here.

On Monday, November 7, 2005, I’ll be in Chicago, Illinois at the invitation of the University of Chicago Law School‘s American Constitution Society chapter to debate the Solomon Amendment case with the founder and president of Forum for Academic and Institutional Rights.

Then on Veterans Day, Friday, November 11, 2005, we will reprise the Solomon Amendment debate in the format of a moot court at the Boston College Law School.

“A Good Judge of Judges? Harriet Miers’s role in the vetting of judicial candidates.” Terry Eastland has this essay in the October 31, 2005 issue of The Weekly Standard.

Michigan’s retirement system applicable to state judges is entitled to Eleventh Amendment immunity, sharply divided en banc Sixth Circuit rules: You can access today’s en banc ruling of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit at this link. Circuit Judge Jeffrey S. Sutton (who wasn’t on the original three-judge panel) wrote the en banc majority’s opinion. The original three-judge panel had reached the opposite result, by a 2-1 vote.

“In Speeches From 1990s, Clues About Miers Views; Nominee Defended Social Activism”: In connection with this front page article that appears today in The Washington Post, that newspaper has posted online the text of two speeches that Harriet Miers delivered. The speeches are identified as “Speech to the Executive Women of Dallas (Spring 1993)” and “Women and Courage (Summer 1993).” It remains to be seen whether readers of the second speech’s first sentence will be more troubled by the misuse of “too” or the misspelling of Ruth Bader Ginsburg‘s last name.

“Miers Vox Pop”: CBS News legal analyst Andrew Cohen has this essay today at cbs4denver.com.