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...there is anything George Bush dislikes more than eating broccoli, it is taking risks. Thus when he learned on July 20 that Justice William J. Brennan was retiring from the Supreme Court, Bush immediately recognized that in selecting someone to fill the vacancy he could be facing one of the biggest risks of his presidency. He quickly sought to defuse...
...swiftness with which Souter was named -- less than 72 hours after Brennan's resignation -- was almost as surprising as the nominee himself. "The President saw immediately that he needed to move quickly," says a senior White House official. "Otherwise, the interest groups were going to take control of the debate, narrow his options and make confirmation more difficult." Bush was on Air Force One, preparing to head back to Washington after a few days of politics and fishing out west, when he got the news that Brennan was stepping down. After calling Brennan to accept his resignation, Bush...
...Souter at the White House on Monday, Bush opted for the New Hampshirite, hoping that the judge's intellect and blue-ribbon resume would offset concerns about his sparse written record. "I have looked for the same dedication to public service and strength of intellect exemplified by Justice Brennan," said Bush. By putting forth a candidate with such a low profile, the President has shifted the debate from Souter's record to the matter of what questions it is appropriate for the Senate to ask him when his confirmation hearing gets under way. Pro-choice groups were already pushing last...
...most chambers, the Justices are looking for all the perspectives in a case. I did not feel it was my function to insert my views in opinions, but it was my responsibility to raise any issues I saw." Justice Department lawyer James Feldman, who clerked for Justice William Brennan, believes that "clerks are more important in the details of how the opinions are written than in how the cases are decided. The more technical the issue, the more important a clerk...
...week since President Bush nominated Souter to succeed William J. Brennan on the high court, legal experts and journalists have been poring over Souter's writings to better understand what the 50-year-old judge thinks about pressing issues before the Court...