President Picks Conservative with Apparent Bipartisan Respect: ; High Court Nominee Seen As Bush Attempt to Swing Court to Right Without a Big Fight

Charleston Daily Mail › July 21, 2005

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WASHINGTON - President Bush has moved boldly to shift the Supreme Court to the right by selecting U.S. Appeals Court Judge John Roberts Jr. to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor.

But in choosing a jurist with establishment credentials and bipartisan allies, Bush was also looking for a nominee who could still win confirmation with some Democratic votes.

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President Picks Conservative with Apparent Bipartisan Respect: ; High Court Nominee Seen As Bush Attempt to Swing Court to Right Without a Big Fight

Bush appeared to have the court's future and the confirmation process in mind as he made his decision this week. All day Tuesday the name of appellate Judge Edith Brown Clement floated through Washington as the president's apparent choice, but many on the right consider her conservative credentials...

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