I just heard from Kevin; he's heard reports that Bush has ruled out both Henry Gonzalez and Judge Edith Clement for the Supreme Court nominee, and he's supposed to announce it tonight on television at 9:00 p.m.
OK, who wants to speculate on just who will be the nominee?
Updates to follow as needed.
Update: 8:40pm
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Bush chose federal appeals court judge John G. Roberts Jr. on Tuesday as his first nominee for the Supreme Court, selecting a rock-solid conservative who has won broad support from both parties but still faces what could be a contentious battle over the direction of the nation's highest court.Full coverage coming in a new post later this evening...Bush offered the position to Roberts in a telephone call at 12:35 p.m. as he was hosting a luncheon for the prime minister of Australia, John Howard. He was to announce it later with a flourish in a nationally broadcast speech to the nation.
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The other Edith, Edith J... (Below threshold)1. Posted by Brian | July 19, 2005 5:07 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The other Edith, Edith Jones.
1. Posted by Brian | July 19, 2005 5:07 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 17:07
2. Posted by ReidBlog | July 19, 2005 5:28 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Not sure if you Wizbangers consider this an honor or a curse, but you've just been "Connected" on MSNBC. Feel free to cry tears of joy or rage, whatever works 4 u.
2. Posted by ReidBlog | July 19, 2005 5:28 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 17:28
3. Posted by LargeBill | July 19, 2005 5:55 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I'm sticking to my first guess of Luttig. It would be just like Bush to poke a stick in the eye of people saying it has to be a woman to replace a woman. SCOTUS seats are not gender/race specific.
3. Posted by LargeBill | July 19, 2005 5:55 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 17:55
4. Posted by fatman | July 19, 2005 6:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I want Bork.
4. Posted by fatman | July 19, 2005 6:09 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 18:09
5. Posted by Just Me | July 19, 2005 6:13 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I have seen quite a few Luttig rumors with Jones or Owen in the second and third spots.
I am keeping my fingers crossed for Luttig-I think he would be a great appointment.
5. Posted by Just Me | July 19, 2005 6:13 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 18:13
6. Posted by Just Me | July 19, 2005 6:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I also can't help but suspicion that maybe the White House wasn't floating Clement and Jones names to see what kind of reactin they would get from the base.
Luttig is obviously going to please the base, and make the dems froth at the mouth, but the other names floated may have been trial balloons for future appointments.
6. Posted by Just Me | July 19, 2005 6:14 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 18:14
7. Posted by Stephen Macklin | July 19, 2005 6:22 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I heard a report on the radio that Luttig's wife and children showed up in their Sunday best to hear arguments in court today.
I don't know if it means anything but it's all I've got to go on.
7. Posted by Stephen Macklin | July 19, 2005 6:22 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 18:22
8. Posted by Just Me | July 19, 2005 6:33 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Well somebody at NRO just said it wasn't Luttig (bummer) so we may end up in the dark until then.
Own, Jones and Roberts seem to still be the names being mentioned, but I am still going to hope for Luttig.
8. Posted by Just Me | July 19, 2005 6:33 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 18:33
9. Posted by Will Franklin | July 19, 2005 6:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
The super double secret probation short list:
1. Bork
2. Rove
3. Bolton
4. Coulter
5. Gralia
6. Ashcroft
7. Sajak (yes, Pat Sajak, of Wheel of Fortune fame)
9. Posted by Will Franklin | July 19, 2005 6:45 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 18:45
10. Posted by Laurence Simon | July 19, 2005 6:45 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Mayor Rudy
10. Posted by Laurence Simon | July 19, 2005 6:45 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 18:45
11. Posted by Peakah | July 19, 2005 6:56 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
I say put Michael Savage on the bench just so I can hear him talk about himself when he says...
'the stench from the bench is making me clench'
I'd also love to see him clock RB Ginsburg right in the fake teeth... anyway...
It'll wind up being another A. Kennedy or Souter... *sigh*
11. Posted by Peakah | July 19, 2005 6:56 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 18:56
12. Posted by Mike | July 19, 2005 6:58 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
from cliff may at NRO:
What about Dick Cheney!
Think of the uproar.
12. Posted by Mike | July 19, 2005 6:58 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 18:58
13. Posted by FloridaOyster | July 19, 2005 7:09 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
That's why they floated a few names around. When the Dems get in a snit, we know we have the right one.
13. Posted by FloridaOyster | July 19, 2005 7:09 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 19:09
14. Posted by Just Me | July 19, 2005 7:14 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Dick is too old, even if it would be a fun way to poke a needle in the dems eyes.
A bork nomination would be the ultimate in revenge.
14. Posted by Just Me | July 19, 2005 7:14 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 19:14
15. Posted by C. Darrow | July 19, 2005 7:16 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
It's Luttig.
15. Posted by C. Darrow | July 19, 2005 7:16 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 19:16
16. Posted by W. J. Bryan | July 19, 2005 7:24 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Ted Olsen.
16. Posted by W. J. Bryan | July 19, 2005 7:24 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 19:24
17. Posted by tony | July 19, 2005 7:47 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
AP is reporting Roberts. But now so is NBC, so you all know that by now.
17. Posted by tony | July 19, 2005 7:47 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 19:47
18. Posted by Jay | July 19, 2005 8:02 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Will, Pat Sajak would be an excellent choice! And wouldn't that be fun to watch play out...
18. Posted by Jay | July 19, 2005 8:02 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 20:02
19. Posted by Dr. Weevil | July 19, 2005 8:49 PM | Score: 0 (0 votes cast)
Henry Gonzalez? He is* a wacko Democratic congressman from Texas who once (as I recall) beat up an old man in a restaurant for calling him a communist, and wanted to impeach Reagan over Grenada. I think you mean Alberto Gonzalez. (Eighteen comments, and no one else noticed?)
*Or was: he may be dead or retired for all I know or care.
19. Posted by Dr. Weevil | July 19, 2005 8:49 PM |
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Posted on July 19, 2005 20:49