What is this? Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, friend and confidante of the President, would have likely been selected for the Supreme Court vacancy; his nomination was scuttled by conservatives, skeptical of his position on Roe v. Wade.
Supreme Court nominee John G. Roberts Jr. will be free to vote to overturn the 1973 Roe v. Wade abortion decision if he is appointed to the high court, Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales said yesterday.
Although Roberts called the Roe decision "settled law" during hearings on his nomination as an appellate court judge in 2003, Gonzales said in an interview with the Associated Press that a Supreme Court justice "is not obliged to follow precedent if you believe it's wrong."
Is this defense of Roberts calculated to send a message of his own? President Bush would love to nominate Gonzales, and at the same time make history with the first Latino Supreme Court Justice. He may also elect to put Gonzales in as Chief Justice, a historic two for one ("The Gonzales Court").
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