O’Connor replacement watch
Robert Novak reports that President Bush “met secretly” with Judge Priscilla Owen last week. Novak also mentions Edith Jones (5th Circuit), Karen Williams (4th Circuit), and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Maura Corrigan as conservative women who may be under consideration to fill Justice O’Connor seat. Novak attributes the report about Judge Owen to “White House sources;” it isn’t clear whether these additional names came from the White House or not.
As Novak notes, Judge Jones is relatively old for the nomination at 56. Novak says that Edith Clement, reportedly the runner-up to John Roberts in the last go-round, didn’t impress President Bush in her interview with him and is now out of the picture.
