Apparently, she would be if Arlen Spector had his way. Despite her retirement, she's apparently been approached about the idea of taking over for Rehnquist. All the more reason for Rehnquist to stick around for one more term.
God help us if and when Rehnquist does retire. In the current environment, Thomas seems almost a non-starter for Chief Justice (although my personal favorite), and who knows if Scalia would be a possibility, either. I can just see John Paul Stevens or Ruth Bader Ginsburg being a compromise choice for Chief Justice. The only good thing about either of those choices would is they would certainly be short termers.
If I were President Bush, and Rehnquist does retire, Janice Rogers Brown becomes a must nominee for the Supreme Court and Clarence Thomas the nominee for Chief Justice. They are both constructionists and highly qualified minorities. I'm extremely pessimistic about this fight, though, because Bush is much, much more like his father than he is like Ronald Reagan. I see expediency being chosen over principle.
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