Bush Nominates Roberts as Chief Justice

WASHINGTON - (Today) - President Bush on Monday nominated John Roberts to succeed William H. Rehnquist as chief justice, and called on the Senate to confirm him before the Supreme Court opens its fall term on Oct. 3.

The swift move would promote to the Supreme Court's top job a man who currently is being considered as one of eight associate justices.

"I am honored and humbled by the confidence the president has shown in me," Roberts said, standing alongside Bush in the Oval Office.

"He's a man of integrity and fairness and throughout his life he's inspired the respect and loyalty of others," Bush said. "John Roberts built a record of excellence and achievement and reputation for goodwill and decency toward others. in his extraordinary career."

The selection of Roberts, who has drawn little criticism, helps Bush avoid new political problems when he already is under fire for the government's sluggish response to Hurricane Katrina and the president's approval ratings are sagging.

Getting a new chief justice of Bush's choosing in place quickly also avoids the scenario of having liberal Justice John Paul Stevens making the decisions about whom to assign cases to and making other decisions that could influence court deliberations. As the court's senior justice, Stevens would take over Rehnquist's administrative duties until a new chief is confirmed.

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As you can tell, I swiped the text, above, from one of the wire services. I cannot tell if it's been modified, from its original form, by the two or three subscribers it probably passed through, before I got hold of it. Now, after reading it, again, (especially the final paragraph), can ANYONE honestly say that they don't see the media bias, against the current Commander-In-Chief?? These people HATE George W. Bush, and everything he stands for. It's time we put them in their place, by speaking out against their self-professed "tolerance and diversity" attitude toward all things. I, for one, am completely fed up with this kind of partisan attack always coming from the extreme leftists who permeat our media!

God Bless,
Dan'L