Laura Bush says she hopes a woman will be appointed to US Supreme Court

July 18, 2005 COPYRIGHT NEW YORK TIMES

WHITE HOUSE LETTER
Pillow-Talk Pressure for a Woman in O'Connor's Robe

By ELISABETH BUMILLER

WASHINGTON

When Laura Bush said in a television interview last week that she hoped her husband would name a woman to succeed Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court, a lot of people saw it as a top item on the first lady's "honey-do" list. But Republicans close to the White House said that people had it reversed. Mrs. Bush, they said, was not so much nudging her husband as reflecting his thinking.
The current consensus among Republicans with close access to the White House is that President Bush is interested in picking a conservative woman for the court. Mrs. Bush's words, they said, were the most powerful evidence so far.

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michael mccafferty comments:

I agree. President Bush should appoint a conservative woman to the United States Supreme Court. Not only would the President be making history he would be doing the 'right' thing.