Posted on 07/19/2005 3:03:17 PM PDT by Checkers
Source: Clement Not Bush's Choice for High Court Source Tells ABC News Much-Discussed Potential Candidate Isn't the White House's Choice for Supreme Court Jul. 19, 2005 - Judge Edith Clement -- perceived by many observers as a potential frontrunner for the Supreme Court seat vacated by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor -- is not President Bush's choice for the high court.
An informed source told ABC News they had spoken with Clement and said she received a phone call from the White House this afternoon. According to the source, Clement was thanked for meeting with the president and sharing her views on the Supreme Court, but that the administration has decided to go in a "different direction."
The White House said Bush will announce his selection tonight at 9 p.m. ET.
A U.S. Court of Appeals judge for the 5th Circuit, Clement was nominated to her current position by Bush and was confirmed by the Senate in November 2001.
Speculation has swirled about the nomination since O'Connor announced her retirement on July 1.
O'Connor, 75, was the first female justice to serve on the High Court, and many speculated that Bush would choose a woman to replace her.
Clement was considered a leading candidate to replace her, along with her colleague on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 5th Circuit in New Orleans, Edith Hollan Jones.
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Coincidence?
I think NOT!
I love this President so much!!! Nobody is going to know who he is picking until he tells them who it is!! I JUST LOVE IT. DAMN MSM JUST CAN'T STAND IT!!! LMAO What's more, once he makes his pick nothing the whiners and bleeding hearts can do about it. LMAO!!! JUST LOVE IT!!!
Didn't hear much about Karl this afternoon, did we? Hee! Hee! Hee! Hee!
I heard she was on a plane to DC from someone with connections to the court. I later saw on the Net a claim that she was in Wyoming on vacation. She's more elusive than Bigfoot.
A Janice Rogers-Brown nomination would electrify the nation, inspire women and minorities, and humiliate Democrats if they try to fillibuster a nominee they had formerly declared as fillibuster-proof.
nice
"I think "W" is having a grand old time teasing the MSM. :)"
Nothin' like a good old fashion head-fake...followed by a head smash!
Hey libs, suck on it! lol
"That don't mean nothing -- there's a lotta drag queens in DC!"
But I don't think Rudy is the nominee...
"Good. The MSM have been yanking him around unfairly for too long. Twist em in knots like their devious minds deserve."
YANK BACK!
"Good. The MSM have been yanking him around unfairly for too long. Twist em in knots like their devious minds deserve."
YANK BACK!
Roy Moore is almost 60 (57 or 58 I believe).
He is better off finding someone who thinks like Moore but is closer to or around 50 (if its a fourty something version of Moore, even better).
I want a conservative, under 55. Strong right and in good health.
"Long Haired Freeky Looking People Need Not Apply"
I think "W" is having a grand old time teasing the MSM. :)
Maybe he nominate a 2 for 1!
"Luttig spelled backwords is: GITTUL!"
Isn't that how Bush41 pronounces "Ghetto?"
"Didn't hear much about Karl this afternoon, did we? Hee! Hee! Hee! Hee!"
I doubt you will be hearing much about him for a while. lol
That is who I am thinking too...I keep getting the two Ediths mixed up...Clement is the more libertarian one and Jones is the more social-conservative one?
yes
Of course, the hard liberals like Boxer and Kennedy would likely still attempt a filibuster even if it is a suicidal one (if they aren't even close to the required votes)...
Luttig and Roberts fit the bill.
"Maybe he nominate a 2 for 1!"
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