White House: It won't be Gonzales

The Hill is reporting that White House officials have assured conservative leaders that Alberto Gonzales will not be the President's nominee to replace Sandra Day O'Connor on the U.S. Supreme Court.

This is good news. The same qualms I had about Mr. Gonzales, mainly over his role in the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse scandal, should have kept him from becoming Attorney General. A seat on the nation's highest court is out of the question.