SCOTUS WATCH: Specter Wants Delay in Replacing Sandra Day O’Connor

Bloomberg News has Specter Urges Delay in Replacement of O’Connor at Supreme Court.

The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said he urged President George W. Bush today to delay nominating a replacement for retiring Justice Sandra Day O’Connor.

Senator Arlen Specter, Republican of Pennsylvania, said he talked to Justice O’Connor about staying on the high court. “She’s prepared to do that” through the court’s term ending in June, Specter said. The president “was noncommittal,” Specter said. “The body language was not very positive,” Specter said.

Specter said the delay would give Congress and the rest of America more time to know John Roberts as chief justice. “When we know a little more about Judge Roberts it’s going to be easier with the next” nomination, Specter said.

Senate Majority Leader should have replaced Arlen Specter from the beginning. Remember when Specter wanted Justice Sandra Day O’Connor to take over as Chief Justice?

It was inappropriate for the Senator to speak to Justice Sandra Day O’Connor about staying on since it is not his CALL in the first place, but the President’s.

After Judge John Roberts is confirmed, Senator Frist and the Senate Republican Majority should ask for and receive Senator Specter’s resignation from the Chairmanship of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The reason = HE”S A NUTTER!

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist of Tennessee said he urged Bush to submit a name to the Senate promptly. “I feel we should proceed with the nomination as anticipated,” Frist said. If so, the confirmation process could be completed “around Thanksgiving.”

O’Connor, 75, often a key swing vote on the Supreme Court, announced on July 1 that she is retiring and agreed to stay on until her replacement is confirmed. She has said she wants to help care for her husband, John O’Connor, who is suffering from Alzheimer’s disease.

The President’s wife, Laura, says she would like to see a woman appointed next and Flap agrees.

Flap handicaps that President Bush will choose one from among these fine woman conservative judges:

Janice Rogers Brown