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Some potential nominee's have been posited under various senerios and this is what I have read most recently.
If Renquist retires (very likely unless his oncologist has good news) Antonin Scalia is a likely choice for chief justice. He has been a reliable conservative presence among the Supremes, but that doesn't prevent Bush from choosing someone outside of the current court to replace Renquist.
There is a general agreement among interest groups that Bush has been considering the following as potential justice nominees:
- John G. Roberts, a US Circuit Court of Appeals judge for the DC Circuit
- J. Michael Luttig, of the 4th US Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, VA
- Emilio Garza, of the 5th Circuit in New Orleans
- Alberto Gonzales, Attorney General
I am unfamiliar with the first three, but Gonzales would certainly get my hackles up. His respect for the law seems to be predicated on how to get around it. I would consider him an extremely poor choice for Bush to nominate.
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