Supreme Court Speculation: Larry Thompson
Sentencing Law and Policy reports on "buzz" that President Bush may pick Alberto Gonzales or Larry Thompson for the second Supreme Court vacancy.
I would support Larry Thompson's nomination for the Court. I supported him when he was under consideration for Ashcroft's job. I know him through our joint participation in criminal defense organizations over the years, particularly the American Board of Criminal Lawyers. I have had long discussions with him -- and his wife -- at several dinners at these meetings, and I believe he is dedicated, principled and up to the job. I've previously said he would receive my endorsement for Supreme Court Justice:
Mr. Thompson has been mentioned as a possible replacement to retiring Supreme Court justices. That too would be okay in our book. He has been a defense attorney as well as a prosecutor. He understands constitutional rights, due process and fundamental fairness. He's certainly not a liberal, but he's as fair and honest as they get. Which is more than we can say for his boss and the Administration as a whole.
My other choice, if Bush is set on nominating a Hispanic, is 5th Circuit Judge Edward Prado. My biggest fear: Bush will play the 9/11 sympathy card and nominate former Solicitor General Ted Olson, an arch conservative and member of the radical right whose wife died in the plane attack on the Pentagon.
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