Thank You, Mr. President

President Bush has reportedly assured conservatives that he will not choose Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to replace Injustice Sandra Day O'Connor. The President now seems to be zeroing in on women for the slot. The two most likely possibilities are Edith Jones and Edith Joy Clement. Jones has a record a mile long and has dealt favorably with a number of hot-button issues. Clement, however, specialized for a long time in maritime law and has not dealt with abortion, gay marriage, and the like. While my guess is that Clement would be a conservative, the Souter nomination makes it difficult to take anybody's word for it (please don't take mine).

Priscilla Owen and Janice Rogers Brown remain outside possibilities. Owen would surely be acceptable, but JRB is my favorite. Moreso than any other nominee, JRB would (and has) shout, "THE EMPEROR'S BUCK NAKED", and proceed to restore the Constitution, which has been amended by the Supreme Court to include foreign law, "mainstream views", and whatever O'Connor wants to be in it. Although I think that a non-lawyer, i.e. someone who did not spend $200,000 to be convinced that a short, dead document has in fact grown in inverse proportion to the forests that have been cut down to provide the paper for the on-a-whim amendments of nine tyrants in robes, would be best suited for the Court, Janice Rogers Brown combines legal "training" with a common-sense approach to seeing the Constitution for what it is.

Regardless of who the nominee is, we can all breathe a sign of relief that AGAG will not become JAG.