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...good in every way, except he's not a woman." SANDRA DAY O'CONNOR, U.S. Supreme Court Justice, commenting on John Roberts, Bush's nominee to replace her on the high court...
...stories on Sandra Day O'Connor's resignation and the coming fight over the court's next Justice prompted readers to share their ideal choices for O'Connor's successor. Some hoped for a moderate jurist acceptable to most Americans, while others decried the politicization of judicial appointments...
Will President George W. Bush's choice�of a Supreme Court Justice to replace Sandra Day O'Connor [July 11] serve to unify the country, or will it lead to a confrontational crisis? America's Founding Fathers gave Supreme Court Justices lifetime appointments, not foreseeing the deeply acrimonious partisanship that would exist in today's politics. The majority of Americans support Roe v. Wade, the court decision that legalized abortion, and we don't need Bush's circumventing the public's will through his selection of a Supreme Court Justice...
President Bush's choice of a successor to Justice O'Connor can go a long way toward fostering oneness in this country and bolstering the President's flagging popularity. Democrats and Republicans alike, except for extremists on both sides, admired her flexibility in the court's contentious decisions. Justice O'Connor eschewed rigidity in favor of nuance in each controversial case, and our country has been the better...
TIME's account of O'Connor's thoughtfulness toward her staff speaks volumes about the character of that remarkable woman. The world would be a far better place if we emulated her sensitivity to people whose lives are part of our daily sphere of influence...