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At the same time, the political appeal of making his Attorney General, Alberto Gonzales, the first Hispanic Justice may be enough to persuade Bush to push for that, even at the cost of disappointing conservative and Christian groups that fear Gonzales might not be a reliable vote against abortion rights...
But the Hispanic candidate who might be most attractive to Bush is one whom conservative activists are already signaling they will not accept. Attorney General Gonzales looks fishy to them on abortion because, while a judge on the Texas Supreme Court, he wrote an opinion that not only opened the...
Now, President Bush will nominate her replacement, with a Senate vote to confirm. Some of the potential choices: Attorney General Alberto Gonzales (see "Bush's Supreme Challenge", 2003) and federal appeals Judges J. Michael Luttig and John G. Roberts. Gonzales, who would be the first Hispanic justice on the court...
Aquino has been under pressure from some advisers to proclaim the new government revolutionary, a term that is not just descriptive but legally significant. Although Aquino was sworn in as President on Feb. 25, less than twelve hours before Ferdinand Marcos fled Manila, the National Assembly never formally recognized her...
Similarly, instead of selecting moderate, consensus choices for confirmation to Federal judgeships, Bush has focused on ridding courts of “activism from the bench” by appointing his own dogmatic picks. Recently confirmed to the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals after a protracted fight over Democrats?...