He is a man who is not tortured by doubt over the correctness of his judicial philosophy.

I've talked with him for hours. His philosophy is pretty solid. I would be stunned if John ended up resembling a Justice Sandra Day O'Connor in his approach to constitutional interpretation.

giants who change the philosophy of law and have spoken about changing ideas.

You can't have two ballots that are identical ... and have (them) counted in one way in one county and another way in another county,

Bush may be aiming now for the political choice - a choice that's calculated less to mold the Supreme Court jurisprudence, and more to mold his political fortunes and those of his party.

Justice Thomas, in public speeches, has said one thing that has awed him is that he has never heard ever a syllable out ... of any justice even insinuating that politics was influencing their vote, ... I'm not saying they are taking vacations together or anything like that ... but the civility of the discourse remains the same.