Bush nominates John Roberts to serve as Chief Justice

Acting quickly to fill the vacancy created by Chief Justice Rehnquist's death on Saturday, this morning President Bush nominated the Chief Justice's former law clerk, John Roberts, to serve as Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court.  For more information, including the text of the President's nomination speech and analysis of the effect of this nomination on Justice O'Connor's retirement, visit The Supreme Court Nomination Blog, which is tracking all things related to the filling of the vacancies on the Supreme Court.