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If nominated by President George W. Bush and confirmed by the Senate, either Alberto R. Gonzales or Judge John G. Roberts, Jr. ’76 would become the sixth member of the Court to attend Harvard Law School (HLS).
While Gonzales, an unlikely and quiet legal student turned Attorney General, is seen as too moderate to please Bush’s conservative base, many experts have said that Roberts, who has taken the established path to the Federal Judiciary, is a likely choice given his conservative record on the...
Gonzales, currently the Attorney General, is known to be a close personal friend of President Bush, leading many to speculate that Bush will nominate him to the Court. However, since O’Connor’s resignation, conservative groups have undertaken a campaign against Gonzales, whom they consider too...
Gonzales grew up in a poor home—his seven-sibling family did not own a telephone until he was in high school. He enlisted in the Air Force after high school and was eventually recommended for, and went to, the Air Force Academy.
After transferring to Rice University in Houston and earning his bachelor’s degree, Gonzales headed northeast to Harvard for law school.