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Thursday, September 29, 2005

Bush waiting to announce next Supreme Court nominee
Greg Sampson at 7:19 PM ET

[JURIST] The White House said Thursday that President Bush will probably wait until next week to announce his next nominee to the US Supreme Court. Bush was earlier expected [JURIST report] to announce his nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor [Wikipedia profile] almost immediately after the Senate confirmed John Roberts [JURIST news archive; Wikipedia profile] to be Chief Justice. Because Justice O'Connor's replacement will likely affect the balance of the Court, Senators anticipate more intense scrutiny of the new high court pick. AP has more.






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