Potential Supreme Court Nominees
The White House is busy researching potential Supreme Court replacements, in anticipation of a June retirement of Chief Justice Rehnquist who suffers from thyroid cancer. Some speculate he's already made his choice. Here is the list of those believed to be in the running.
I predict it's down to three choices:
- Former Solicitor General Ted Olson
- Former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson
- 10th Circuit Judge Michael McConnell
Of the three, I hope he picks Larry Thompson, whom I know and trust, an opinion shared by many defense lawyers.
But I think Bush will pick Ted Olson, the arch conservative and his lawyer in the Supreme Court in the Bush v. Gore case. Olsen has very strong ties to Richard Mellon Scaife, and is a staunch member of the New Theocracy.
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