July 16, 2005
By Deb Riechmann
Associated Press
"The only thing that's different from a month ago is that Justice O'Connor resigned, and no one else has," said Wendy Long, a counsel for the conservative Judicial Confirmation Network.
"She's a woman, and she's the only one who has resigned." Bush has pledged to nominate someone, like justices Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas, who believes the Supreme Court should not be swayed by cultural and social trends.
"The president's promise about the kind of justice he will appoint, and his track record of picking outstanding female jurists like Janice Rogers Brown and Priscilla Owen, has not changed," Long said about the two nominees who were filibustered by Democrats and only recently confirmed to federal appellate posts.
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