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Article: A supreme fight: how will the future of gay equality be affected by Bush appointees to the U.S. Supreme Court? Battle lines are now being drawn.(WASHINGTON ADVOCATE)(George W. Bush)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- July 19, 2005
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This summer Washington, D.C., is turning more and more of its attention toward one topic: how many justices the Bush White House will be able to appoint to the U.S. Supreme Court. The White House already has a short list of candidates to replace Chief Justice William Rehnquist, 80, who is battling thyroid cancer, which most court watchers expect will force him to retire any day.
Rehnquist is one of the court's three most conservative justices, and a conservative replacement would not change the political balance of the court. But Bush, eager to establish a judicial legacy, is likely to pick a fairly young nominee whose rulings will shape the court for years to ...