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The Next Chief Justice : /p> p>What kind of tea was Mr. Boaz drinking the morning he wrote that article? Did he forget the affirmative action ruling from Michigan? Isn't that where Mrs. O'Connor stated she hoped we wouldn't need affirmative action in 20 years? That's just for starters. br> -- Annette Cwik /p>

This is what passes for informed conservative opinion? What a pathetic argument. The GOP is going to win over female voters and the confirmation of a new Justice is going to be easier because of the good will that an O'Connor nomination will generate, and by the way, we'll promote the new guy to Chief Justice and pass over Scalia and Thomas so as not to [anger] the Democrats too much.

p>Mr. Boaz, you are [...] br> -- Robert Gallagher br> Cookeville, Tennessee /p>

David Boaz must be smoking some really funny stuff this morning! Promote Sandra Day O'Connor to what!? Please, that woman's thinking and judgment have grown increasingly fuzzy over the last couple of years and she votes more often with Souter than with Scalia.

p>Please, Mr. Boaz, don't give the White House any back doors through which to run. President Bush should nominate a clear thinking, solid conservative who understands and interprets the Constitution of the United States rather than the European Union. After that stand and fight for his/her nomination.

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