[Mb-civic] Nomination Could Be Defining Moment for Bush - Washington Post

[William Swiggard]

Nomination Could Be Defining Moment for Bush

By Dan Balz
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, July 2, 2005; Page A01

There are few genuine earthquakes in American politics, but yesterday's 
announcement by Justice Sandra Day O'Connor easily qualifies as one. Her 
retirement is likely to trigger one of the most consequential 
confirmation battles in a generation, with the ideological balance of 
the Supreme Court and the future of contentious social issues now firmly 
in the hands of President Bush.

For more than three decades, the right has been ascendant in America. A 
Republican Party fueled by the energy and activism of its religious and 
social conservatives has seized control of the executive and legislative 
branches of government in Washington and has seen its strength widen and 
deepen across the country.

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