[Galtoid]

This is the fight that Schumer and Kennedy et al, do NOT want. I hope that whoever Bush taps has nerves of steel and a strong set of convictions in order to endure the abuse and terror of his questioners on the committee. This is the WAR we've wanted for decades.

[End Times Sentinel]

No unpleasant surprises this time, okay, ping?

Owl_Eagle

”You know, I'm going to start thanking
the woman who cleans the restroom in
the building I work in.  I'm going to start
thinking of her as a human being”

-Hillary Clinton

(Yes, she really said that

Peggy Noonan

The Case Against Hillary Clinton, pg 55)

[ModelBreaker]

Either would make my heart go pitterpat.

[Incorrigible]

[calrighty]

Good catch! BTTT

[Aetius]

If these reports are true, then its reassuring. But I do wonder, what happened to consideration of Emilio Garza and Edith Jones?

They are only a couple of yrs older than Alito, and have actually had the courage to publicly criticize Roe. It would be sad to think it is that public criticism that has taken them off the list.

[AmericaUnited]

Luttig ... But he also wrote in a 2000 case that a Supreme Court decision upholding a woman's right to an abortion was "super-stare decisis."

What the @%@#^#&!

[Enterprise]

Well let's hope so. Let's have that "bruising" fight. I want bare knuckles, split lips and busted noses, missing teeth, ripped ears, broken ribs, and katy-bar-the-door until we get this settled! No more of these disgusting Souters, Ginsbergs, Breyers or Kennedy's. Enough is enough.

[AlaskaErik]

Too bad the President didn't look at our own FreeRepublic poll for the best choice.

[PositiveCogins]

I sure hope so. Standing up and appointing a real conservative and an originalist would be a good start.
And if he actually stands up to the senate and gets them through then he's only 3/4 of a spine away from actually being the President he should have been.

[hflynn]

Nicknamed Scalito, Alito is going to make Schumer upchuck and Teddy drive off a bridge.

[Shery]

Let's roll!

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

I want Henry W. Saad. Not only would he be a great member of SCOTUS but it would rub the Dims noses in it as they have been blocking him in committee for the past three years.

He was also part of the blood sacrifice demanded to allow a vote on some other judges earlier this year.

I don't approve of blood sacrifices and I hold a special contempt for those who give them.

Hey McCain, Graham, Warner,Snowe, Collins, DeWine and Chafee, UP YOURS!

[savedbygrace]

If President Bush nominates either man, we'll see whether the seven RINOs in the Gang of 14 will do the honorable thing or not. If they do, the filibuster of judicial nominations will disappear in a puff of smoke. If not, then our course will be obvious, and, ultimately, the Republican Party will be spoken of in the past tense.

It's that serious.

[El Gato]

Assuming there is any veracity to this at all, the same sorts of "sources" weren't exactly spot on last time, I would bet on Luttig. Bush is bound to be more comfortable with a Good Old Boy, from Texas, and educated @Washington & Lee and UVA law, than someone from New Jersey, educated at Princeton and Yale. OTOH, maybe not, since Bush, as his father before him, was a Yalie himself (Harvard for Grad school though).

Either one would "make my day".

[bubman]

"Conserative judges?"

There is no such a thing. You are either a constructionist who believes the constitution is static or you don't. Liberal and conservative have nothing to do with it!

[DuckFan4ever]

They sound like great nominees. I still would love to have Janice Rogers Brown. Maybe if Stevens retires after this term, we can get Judge Brown.

[jim macomber]

"Like Scalia, Luttig's writing style is crisp and clear, and he is willing to confront colleagues when he believes they don't adhere to established law. As a result, his decisions sometimes cannot be considered conservative."

Because his writing style is crisp and clear? Because he confronts colleagues when he believes they don't adhere to established law?

[saint]

...and they're so young, too!

[You Dirty Rats]

I think that the one consideration that might be decisive in making a nomination is having Specter on board. Either of these two nominees would fit the bill -- especially Alito, who is a Philly lawyer like Specter.

If Specter is on board and personally committed to getting confirmation, it will make it harder for any other Republican moderates to pull any crap like the Gang of 14 nonsense.

I know Specter is not a favorite of Freepers, but he got Bork rejected and Thomas confirmed. We need his support. Badly.