Posted on 09/08/2005 4:43:05 PM PDT by Leroy S. Mort
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush should consult with senators before making his choice to replace retiring Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, Democratic leaders said Thursday.
Meanwhile, first lady Laura Bush is elbowing her husband once again to nominate a woman and others are pushing for a Hispanic.
The White House is working on finding a replacement for O'Connor, one of the swing votes on the Supreme Court. It took the Bush administration 18 days to make its initial choice after O'Connor announced her retirement.
Bush initially nominated federal appellate judge John Roberts to succeed O'Connor, but on Monday nominated him to succeed Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, who died Saturday. Roberts, who will make his last courtesy visits to senators on Friday, will begin his confirmation hearing on Monday.
``We call on you to engage in meaningful consultation with us to identify a candidate for this crucial position who will unite the country, not divide it,'' said Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada and other Democrats in a letter to the White House.
Mrs. Bush, in an interview Thursday with American Urban Radio Networks, said she didn't think the president would announce his nominee for the second vacancy until after the Roberts confirmation process.
``I think the president is going to wait until John Roberts is confirmed before he nominates the next person,'' said Mrs. Bush, who was rooting for a female nominee when Bush nominated Roberts. ``As a woman myself, I hope it will be a woman.''
Democrats want Bush to look for a consensus nominee like O'Connor.
``I hope the next nominee selected meets the high standards set by Justice O'Connor, reveres and treasures the freedoms on which our nation was built, and can bring the nation together as she has done often,'' said Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass., in a separate letter to the White House.
The Hispanic National Bar Association is strongly urging the president to nominate a Hispanic.
``The time in our country's history has come where our Supreme Court needs to better reflect the diversity of America,'' said Alan Varela, president of the Hispanic Bar. ``President Bush bypassed the estimated 41.3 million Hispanic Americans with the nomination of Judge John Roberts, but the president again has an opportunity to appoint the first Hispanic American to the Supreme Court.''
I suspect if'n it will make Harry and his brethern and sisters feel better then the President most likely will consult with them. They seem to forget that the President gathers a lot of information from various sources and then sorts it out and makes his decision. My guess is that most of their info will wind up on the cutting room floor...
Let 'em give all the input they want. Then let W input his foot up their kooky rectums.
Okay, here's some input for the Dems:
YOU PEOPLE ARE FULL OF IT!!!!!
Dems can SUCK IT!
Will you let me in on what the ST of the STFU is? I know you have to do that in a discreet way....freepmail me if you think you need too, I feel so out of the loop on this one, and I have cussed and discussed with the best of the cussers on this planet....:)
we really need to nominate a liberal, bi-sexual afrohispanamerican deaf dwarf with no record and a PhD from Harvard Law.
Sexist comment
Someone tell her Louisiana already has a Governor, who like her, is a woman.
Shut the "F" Up
The first time she said it, it was probably a heartfelt comment. I suspect if she said it again, it was something of a signal.
We should allow them to speak to the walls.
What is wrong with me? I say that all the time at the t.v. LOL
people
hell
ice water
I've speculated that Scalia may choose to retire before Bush's term is out. JRBrown would be the best choice to replace him.
From your mouth to Gods ears. As somebody pointed out earlier in this thread. Put somebody up, they get blocked, put somebody father towards the orignalists up next and again and again and again. How about we start with Bork just to make Senate Democrat's heads explode?
"Dems Want Input on O'Connor Replacement"
ROFLMAO!!!!
Instead of coming together to help with the Katrina disaster all the Dims do is stand around and point fingers at Bush.
Execute the Byrd Option!!! (well maybe execute is a bad word, so how about 'vote')
He can't retire!!!! That shouldn't be allowed OMG
Actually we need to just decide that the 200th customer to go into the Witchta Wal Mart on October 6, 2005 will be the next Supreme Court Justice. Frankly I'm sick and tired of elitist lawyers being given seats on the Supreme Court. We need to put a service station attendant or a janitor or a farmer on the bench.
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