Word: souter
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...chance to appoint a young conservative such as David H. Souter '61 grants Bush the opportunity to give the court a rightward jolt that could last for decades. And with two other liberal justices ripe for retirement, a Bush Court could firmly implant the conservative agenda in the American judicial system...
When introducing Souter to the press late yesterday, Bush repeated ad nauseam that he would refuse to let his nominee be judged by an abortion litmus test. The Senate faces that flooded the airwaves later in the evening mimicked Bush's call for a non-issue-oriented confirmation process...
Dole apparently meant that Bush's nominee could fall victim to a Republican/Democrat showdown. That is certainly a possibility. But if the Souter nomination does come down to abortion, it will be Senate Republicans who will be bathing in blood...