Bush looks for new Supreme Court nominee
(Reuters)
Updated: 2005-10-29 10:23

South Carolina Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham (news, bio, voting record) said he would like to see Bush again nominate a woman to the Supreme Court. Before Bush picked Miers, Graham had urged consideration of Karen Williams of the 4th U.S Circuit Court of Appeals.

Experts saw her as a possibility along with appeals judge Diane Sykes if Bush decided to nominate a woman, which his wife, Laura, had twice suggested publicly he should do before he announced Miers.

Other names that circulated before the surprise Miers pick were seen as once again in play. Those include conservative federal appeals court judges Michael McConnell, Michael Luttig, Edith Jones, Alice Batchelder and Michigan Supreme Court Justice Maura Corrigan.