Christian Science Monitor

10/27/05

President Bush is getting a 'do-over' on his latest Supreme Court pick. White House counsel Harriet Miers's decision to withdraw her nomination electrified Washington Thursday morning, momentarily diverting attention from the intense speculation over possible looming indictments of White House officials in the CIA leak case. The news ignited a burst of speculation: Whom would Mr. Bush nominate next to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor? And would his next choice trigger the kind of battle royale with Democrats over the future of the court that many activists on both the left and the right seem to crave?

http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1028/p01s03-uspo.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp