[Mb-civic] Activists Gear Up For Nominee Fight - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

Activists Gear Up For Nominee Fight
Many Conservatives Aren't Behind Gonzales for the Supreme Court

By Peter Baker and Susan B. Glasser
Washington Post Staff Writers
Sunday, July 3, 2005; Page A01

Many of President Bush's conservative supporters lined up in staunch 
opposition yesterday to the candidate he might personally most want to 
name to the Supreme Court, his longtime friend and adviser, Attorney 
General Alberto R. Gonzales, as battle lines were drawn for selection of 
the first new justice in more than a decade.

Bush has long been intrigued by the idea of making Gonzales the first 
Hispanic on the Supreme Court, according to advisers, a prospect that 
might seem especially tempting in replacing Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, 
the court's first woman. But a range of activists and congressional 
Republicans warned the White House against the move, saying they do not 
consider Gonzales a steadfast conservative.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/07/02/AR2005070201246.html
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