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Updated Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005, at 12:10 PM ET

"Zero!!!: Harriet Miers goes down (and so do we)," by Emily Bazelon, John Dickerson, and Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Oct. 27, 2005.

"Vote for Harriet!!!!: The dubious professional distinctions of Harriet Miers," by Mark Obbie. Posted Oct. 25, 2005.

"No, Thank You: Blame Miss Manners if Miers can't get confirmed," by Julia Turner. Posted Oct. 20, 2005.

"Makeup Test: A questionnaire Harriet Miers can answer," by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Oct. 20, 2005.

"A Friend in Need: Is it cruel for Bush to support Miers at all costs?" by John Dickerson. Posted Oct. 20, 2005.

"Miers and Her Money: A psycho-financial analysis of the Supreme Court nominee," by Henry Blodget. Posted Oct. 20, 2005.

"Stand Down: Miers signals to the right, uselessly," by Emily Bazelon. Posted Oct. 20, 2005.

"Promissory Notes: How election-by-questionnaire is threatening independent judges," by Bert Brandenburg. Posted Oct. 19, 2005.

"Blank Slate: A Slate reader poll," by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Oct. 19, 2005.

"The Many Faces of Harriet: Miers supports, opposes, and is neutral on Roe, all within 24 hours!" by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Oct. 18, 2005.

"Miers 2.0: The White House plans for a do-over," by John Dickerson. Posted Oct. 17, 2005.

"Résumé Gap," by Bruce Reed. Posted Oct. 17, 2005.

"The View at Valley View: What kind of Christian is Harriet Miers' church?" by Lauren Winner. Posted Oct. 14, 2005.

"Laura and Harriet: Are the nominee's critics sexist? Get serious," by John Dickerson. Oct. 12, 2005.

"Miers and Brimstone: Let's stop pretending there's no religious test for nominees," by Christopher Hitchens. Posted Oct. 10, 2005.

"Miers, Miers on the Wall: Harriet Miers as the human Rorschach test," by Dahlia Lithwick. Posted Oct. 7, 2005.

"Culture of Litmus: Don't you dare judge Harriet Miers on abortion," by William Saletan. Posted, Oct. 7, 2005.

"Harriet's Man: The Texas judge who is vouching for Miers on Roe," by Emily Bazelon. Posted Oct. 7, 2005.

"The Miers Test: You're a senator who wants to run for president. Do you dare oppose Bush's nominee?" by John Dickerson. Posted Oct. 7, 2005.

"Gods vs. Geeks: GOP evangelicals fight intellectuals over Harriet Miers," by John Dickerson. Posted Oct. 5, 2005.

"Supreme Court Cronyism: Bush restarts a long and troubled tradition," by David Greenberg. Posted Oct. 5, 2005.

"Madam Justice ... Who?: How Harriet Ellan Miers pronounces her name," by Andy Bowers. Posted Oct. 3, 2005.

"Harriet the Sly: Why does James Dobson like Miers so much?" by John Dickerson. Posted Oct. 3, 2005.

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