“She[O’Connor] also moved left on abortion over the years, but her departure does not put Roe v. Wade in jeopardy, notwithstanding claims on the left. Justice O’Connor provided the fifth vote in Casey, reaffirming Roe and a woman’s right to abortion, but Ruth Bader Ginsburg has since joined the Court as the sixth vote in favor of Roe…Mr. Bush has had five years to evaluate possible nominees to the Supreme Court and there are many highly qualified candidates–male and female, on the appeals courts and elsewhere. Liberals who are demanding that he replace Justice O’Connor with a non-conservative are ignoring the recent history of Supreme Court nominations. When President Clinton named liberal Ruth Bader Ginsburg to replace Byron White, who had voted against Roe, Republicans didn’t object even though that clearly moved the Court to the left on abortion and most other issues.Mr. Bush has often said he’d like to appoint a Hispanic to the Court, and there are several fine candidates, including Miguel Estrada, whose nomination to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals was filibustered during Mr. Bush’s first Administration…Any nominee will provide a test of the recent Senate deal barring a filibuster except in “extraordinary circumstances.” If words mean anything, they ought to allow a filibuster only in the case of something truly unusual, such as an ethical scandal. They shouldn’t include judicial philosophy, although the left is already trying to re-define them that way. The only time the filibuster has been used against a Supreme Court nominee was LBJ’s choice of Abe Fortas, who faced corruption charges, and even then it was used mainly to gauge Senate support…For liberals, the courts have become the preferred way to win policy victories now that Americans are consistently rejecting their agenda at the ballot box. …But the only way to stop “borking” as a political strategy is to defy and defeat it. Mr. Bush told voters in 2000 and 2004 that he would nominate Justices in the mold of Antonin Scalia and Clarence Thomas. He owes it to the country, and his most loyal supporters, to keep that promise”. –The Wall Street Journal