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January 23, 2005

Chief Justice Scalia?

Posted by Eric at 9:33 pm. Filed under: General

The guessing game continues.

Though he bravely overcame his illness to deliver the presidential oath of office at last week’s Inaugural, most court watchers assume that Chief Justice William Rehnquist’s cancer will soon force him to retire from the Supreme Court. Which means the guessing game is in full swing over which of the court’s sitting Justices is most likely to replace him. If he does not go outside for the job, President Bush will probably choose one of the court’s two most stalwart conservatives, Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. Scalia seems to have the edge. “The idea of appointing the first African-American Chief Justice has undeniable appeal to the President,” says a top Republican who informally advises the White House on judicial nominations. “But there’d be a huge fight over Thomas, and the President doesn’t need a fight.” Though Scalia’s conservatism irks many Democrats, he was confirmed easily by the Senate in 1986, and would probably be confirmed again without too much trouble.


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