George W. Bush: On the Record
"The voters will know I'll put competent judges on the bench, people who will strictly interpret the Constitution and will not use the bench to write social policy. And that's going to be a big difference between my opponent and me. I believe that -- I believe that the judges ought not to take the place of the legislative branch of government, that they're appointed for life and that they ought to look at the Constitution as sacred. They shouldn't misuse their bench. I don't believe in liberal, activist judges. I believe in -- I believe in strict constructionists. And those are the kind of judges I will appoint." [1st Presidential Debate, October 3, 2000; transcript CNN]
Justice Antonin Scalia (for Chief Justice)
Judge J. Michael Luttig (4th Circuit)
Judge Emilio M. Garza (5th Circuit)
Judge James Harvie Wilkinson III (4th Circuit)
Judge Edith Jones (5th Circuit)
Judge Samuel A. Alito, Jr. (3rd Circuit)
Judge Alex Kozinski (9th Circuit)
Judge Diarmiud O'Scannlain (9th Circuit)
Judge A. Raymond Randolph (D.C. Circuit)
Justice Janice Brown (Calif. Supreme Ct.)
Professor Lillian Riemer BeVier (Univ. of Va.)
Judge Jerry E. Smith (5th Circuit)
John G. Roberts, Jr. (Hogan & Hartson, LLP)
Former Senator John Ashcroft (R-Missouri)
Judge Karen Williams (4th Circuit)
Justice Alberto Gonzalez (Texas Supreme Court)
[appointed White Housel Counsel, December
Judge Paul Niemeyer (4th Circuit)
Judge Richard Posner (7th Circuit)
Senator Orrin G. Hatch (R-Utah)
Former Senator John C. Danforth (R-Missouri)
Judge Pasco Bowman (8th Cir.)
Senator Jon Kyl (R-Ariz.)