Alberto Gonzales to Replace Sandra Day O'Connor Says Bill Kristol
June 23, 2005 | By Charmaine Yoest
Bill Kristol says that Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor will step down next week -- not the Chief Justice as everyone has been expecting -- and that the President will replace her with his close friend, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. (Heard hangin' out at the Corner from John Podhoretz.)
Alberto Gonzales
A moderate for a moderate. That's how they'll sell it. That's how Washington works.
Sandra Day O'Connor
Credit: Joe Marquette
EPA/Associated Press
The Gonzalez appointment has been kickin' around for a looong time. The President is determined to see him on the High Court. For more on Gonzalez and the politics of his nomination, see this 2003 article from Ramesh Ponnuru.
