White House starts search for new justice

[bluestateboomer]

White House starts search for new justice
By Joseph Curl
THE WASHINGTON TIMES
June 24, 2005


A small group of senior White House and administration officials has quietly interviewed some of the top candidates for any Supreme Court vacancy, said Republican sources with close ties to the White House.
The senior officials are said to include Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, who has been mentioned as a Supreme Court candidate; White House Counsel Harriet Miers, the president's longtime adviser and former personal attorney; White House Chief of Staff Andrew H. Card Jr.; and senior adviser Karl Rove.


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The paper also said the senior officials "are not ranking the contenders or making recommendations to the president because they are 'serious about being respectful to the chief ,' the official said."
White House spokesman Scott McClellan said again yesterday that "there's no vacancy that exists at this point."
However, the Christian Legal Society has been asked to provide its recommendations for a replacement for Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, 80, who has thyroid cancer. The group complied.


<http://www.washingtontimes.com/national/20050624-120919-5576r.htm>

[merh]

1. Karl Rove?

:argh:

[Captain Hilts]

2. I'm still hoping for Charles Barkley...

I think he'd liven things up. And he wouldn't be afraid to kick Thomas's butt. Only another black man could get away with that.

ps. I don't believe Rove has a college degree.

[DanCa]

4. Mary Carey

Maybe thats why she was at the white house. She was auditioning for her new roll.

[DanCa]

3. Christian Legal Society

Jesus hated scribes didnt he? Even the name sounds so Reich Like.

[earthboundmisfit]

5. Will the WH also consult the Jewish, Unitarian, Muslim, Buddhist, Wiccan,

Pagan, and numerous Native American religious Legal Societies? Naahhhh. Guess I understood "no litmus test" all wrong!

[Triana]

6. How apropos that they consult the AmericanTaliban...

...to provide recommendations.

[rooboy]

7. I thought it might be Henry Kissinger, but DAMN Mary Carey sounds better.

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