WHY Would Bush Consider This?
Is he perhaps planning to appoint Jerry Falwell or James Dobson to the Supreme Court? Or does he want to appoint Judge Roy Moore and have people say, well, at least he's a judge?
What business does a non-judge have on SCOTUS today?
Bush Says He Might Consider Newcomers for High Court
By CARL HULSE and RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: July 13, 2005 in The New York Times
WASHINGTON, July 13 - President Bush said today that his nominee for the Supreme Court may be someone who has never sat on the bench before.
"Would I be willing to consider people who had never been a judge?" Mr. Bush said. "And the answer is, 'You bet.' "
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What business does a non-judge have on SCOTUS today?
Bush Says He Might Consider Newcomers for High Court
By CARL HULSE and RICHARD W. STEVENSON
Published: July 13, 2005 in The New York Times
WASHINGTON, July 13 - President Bush said today that his nominee for the Supreme Court may be someone who has never sat on the bench before.
"Would I be willing to consider people who had never been a judge?" Mr. Bush said. "And the answer is, 'You bet.' "
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