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Article: Short list begins for Supreme Court; White House remains tight-lipped.(PAGE ONE)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- May 20, 2005
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Byline: Joseph Curl, THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Preparations are already well under way within the White House to fill an expected vacancy on the Supreme Court, with at least one conservative legal organization having submitted its recommendations on who should sit on the nation's top court.
The White House is keeping mum about the early preparations - several top administration officials will not even acknowledge that preliminary work has begun, despite the serious health issues that kept Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist, 80, off the bench for much of this year.
But others with close White House connections say a short list is well into ...