Word: edith
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...judge from New Jersey and a favorite of the Federalist Society, the leading organization of conservative lawyers, is a likely pick. But all the other names that were touted back in September-California Supreme Court Justice Janice Rogers Brown and federal appeals court judges Michael Luttig, Michael McConnell, and Edith Jones will all get reviewed again. It's hard to see why Bush would anger the conservative base for a second time by offering Attorney General Alberto Gonzales...
...event’s scheduled keynote speaker, Edith W. Cooper ’83, the co-head of North American Hedge Fund Sales at Goldman Sachs, pulled out just before the event. In her place, Lance LeVergne ’84, the head of Goldman Sachs diversity recruiting effort, addressed the group...
...that Gonzales would have to recuse himself from several key cases, including one on the use of military commissions to judge suspected terrorists. Roberts would have to sit that one out as well, leaving a liberal majority. Still high on the list: Judge Priscilla Owen. Fallen off: Judge Edith Brown Clement, believed guilty of excessive self-promotion--a sin in this Administration. --By Viveca Novak
...does Bush chose to take the O'Connor seat? Conservatives are taking aim once more at Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, who they believe might be too moderate. If Bush picks a woman, there's Judge Edith Clement of New Orleans who lost her home in Hurricane Katrina. Bush passed her over last time but her being a storm victim might now give her a certain elan. Priscilla Owen or Edith Jones, both circuit court judges, would please conservatives but would rally Democrats. One White House official says that there's close scrutiny of Larry Thompson, who served as Number...
...Harvie Wilkinson III, who have long been darlings of the conservative bar. But Bush's weaker political standing may nudge him another way now, toward someone like Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, former Deputy Attorney General Larry Thompson, an African American or a woman like appellate court Judge Edith Clement...