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

As Nathan pointed out, Bill Kristol is quite pessimistic about next week: O'Conner steps down, and Bush nominates Gonzales as CJ. He states clearly the consequences of such a move:

A Gonzales nomination would, in my view, virtually forfeit any chance in the near term for a fundamental reversal in the downward drift of American constitutional jurisprudence.

He is right about what the consequences would be, but I'm betting Bush is both smarter and more politically gutsy than to nominate Gonzales in order to "overcome a threatened Democratic filibuster".