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Bush Chooses Alito, Conservative Jurist, For Supreme Court; Nothing Like Harriet Miers; U.S. appeals court judge has a hefty track record; expect a big Senate fight.(A)
Byline: BRIAN MITCHELL
In an abrupt change of tack, President Bush on Monday tapped Circuit Judge Samuel Alito to the Supreme Court, substituting a well-known, well-qualified and conservative white male for Bush's stealth nominee and friend Harriet Miers.
Picking Alito fulfills Bush's campaign promise to appoint justices in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas.
It also sets up a long-awaited Senate showdown over overtly conservative court picks that could change the court's balance.
Alito is the third person Bush has tapped to take Sandra Day O'Connor's seat on the high court. The first was John Roberts, who was redirected to the chief justice's seat when William Rehnquist died.
The second was Miers, who withdrew from consideration Oct. 27 amid mounting questions about her competence and conservatism.
With Miers on everyone's mind, Bush praised Alito has having "more prior judicial experience than any Supreme Court nominee in more than 70 years."
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