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That's what Pres. Bush said Sunday morning. For details about the remarkable life and career of Chief Justice Rehnquist, the blog How Appealing provides a great deal of information.

Background about various possible nominees is available over at the right-hand-side of the confirmthem homepage, under the category "SCOTUS Candidates." Maybe the hearings on John Roberts will be postponed, but I suspect that Chief Justice Rehnquist would have wanted the Senate to stay on the job, just like he stayed on the job.

I hope the new nominee will be just as inclined as Chief Justice Rehnquist was to conserve the Constitution as written. Judges Luttig, Jones, Owen, and Garza come to mind. And let's please not have Chief Justice Rehnquist's successor chosen based upon placating people who are upset (rightly or wrongly) about Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. That hurricane has already done enough damage.

UPDATE: The Hill reports:

Democrats such as Schumer would like Roberts to fill Rehnquist's seat --- Roberts seems closer in his conservative judicial philosophy to the late Chief Justice than he does to O'Connor --- and leave it until later to find a replacement for O'Connor. That way, Robert's confirmation, which is widely expected to be relatively easy despite liberal objections, would not move the court to the right, an outcome that is anathema to most Democrats and pressure groups on the left.

It will be interesting to see what happens.