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Also, if Alberto Gonzales is confirmed as Attorney General, he will be the closest a Latino of either sex has even been to being President. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao is the first Asian-American woman in the Cabinet.

Assuming that Chief Justice William Rehnquist dies or resigns from the Supreme Court in the next four years (which seems to be the common wisdom), I think it would be a mistake to appoint Justice Sandra Day O'Conner to take his place. Whatever the value to the president's legacy of appointing the first female Chief Justice, O'Conner is not much younger than Rehnquist. There is a good chance that were a Democrat to win the Oval Office in '08, that individual might have a chance to appoint O'Conner's replacement. Better to appoint either a brand new Chief Justice, someone relatively young, or promote Justice Clarence Thomas to the chief justiceship (I know, I know, but imagine how good he looks to the base) and a Latino/a to the open seat.

As far as the Justices are concerned, I'm a big Souter fan myself.

Lastly, with Mel Martinez's (R, Florida) and Ken Salazar's (D, Colorado) election to the Senate and Gonzales's nomination to head the Justice Department, the government is starting to look just a little bit more like the population.

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Have a lawless night.