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This is typical of the things that teacher’s unions do that make me never want to be involved with them. Unfortunately, after I graduate, I’m not going to have a whole lot of choice. You just about have to have the protections and insurance that teacher’s unions provide.
Jerks.

This is a shrewd move. Roberts has already been in the limelight for a while as a nominee, and nobody has managed to come up with anything that makes him appear even slightly unsuitable for the Court. Coming up with something now (and I don’t think it’s likely that anything significant would have been missed for so long) would make it look like whoever brought it up was trying to obstruct filling the seat with someone who has been considered fully qualified for the past few months. It also saves the trouble of trying to come up with another teflon nominee. I’m sure whoever is next on the White House’s list is well qualified for the position, but they’re unlikely to be as squeaky clean as Roberts has proven to be so far. Ideal selection now for the Associate Justice post? If I were making the call, I would make the nomination after Roberts’ confirmation, and it would be a woman; ideally a minority woman. Many on the left were complaining that O’Connor’s replacement was going to be a white male. This would be an excellent time to respond with a nomination of a woman — particularly a conservative one. The recent (by then, presumably) success of Roberts’ nomination would give Bush’s choice more credibility. Paul at Power Line has possibilities listed in a recent post, and I agree with his mention of Edith Clement. She presents a small target to pro-abortion groups with being a woman and with her particular views on the abortion question. With these groups being the most well-funded and vocal of the likely opposition to Bush’s choices, she’d be fairly easy to confirm. If Bush is sure she’ll go his way on most or all of the other possible cases, expect her to get the nomination.