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By Feddie Posted in SCOTUS — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

A while back, I posted that a source had told me the president reluctantly concluded that it would be a political disaster for him to nominate Alberto Gonzales to the Supreme Court. Shortly thereafter, I spoke with someone else, who knows the president personally, and he/she told me that if the president wanted to nominate Gonzales, he would do so regardless of what anyone thought. Having followed the president's political career for some time now, I must say that this assessment of the president's character seems to me to be spot on. Just a few minutes ago, I called back the source who told me Gonzales was definitely out, and asked whether a Gonzales nomination was still off the table. The source informed me that to the best of his/her knowledge a Gonzales nomination is now back in play.

What all of this tells me is that the situation is an extremely fluid one, and that judicial conservatives must immediately put as much pressure as possible on their senators to do all they can to strongly discourage the president from nominating Gonzales. This is not a battle we can afford to lose.