Bush May Name Former Federal Judge to Succeed Gonzales
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Michael Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York, has emerged as a contender to succeed Alberto R. Gonzales as attorney general
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In a move to satisfy the GOP's most conservative supporters, President Bush on Wednesday nominated five people as appeals court judges, including one whom Democrats have threatened to block with a filibuster.
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WASHINGTON -- President Bush on Thursday said he intends to renominate former Alabama Attorney General William Pryor to a lifetime position on the 11th US Circuit Court of Appeals.
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The selection of the retired judge, Michael B. Mukasey, would likely be welcomed by prominent Democrats who had singled him out by name in recent days.
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President Bush on Tuesday nominated two individuals to replace retiring jurists on federal courts in the Washington area.
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President George W. Bush has settled  on retired federal judge Michael Mukasey to replace Alberto  Gonzales as U.S. attorney general, The Washington Post reported  on its Web site on Sunday.
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With President Bush settled on naming Michael B. Mukasey to replace former attorney general Alberto R. Gonzales, and intending to announce his choice as early as today, the man favored by many for the job has instead been passed over.
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Posted November 10, 2004 -- Not more than 24 hours after John Ashcroft resigned his position as Attorney General, President George Bush has named Alberto Gonzales to fill Ashcroftâs shoes and become the first Hispanic to serve in the position.
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Alberto Gonzales, known in White House corridors as "The Judge," has seen his fortunes track with George W. Bush's for more than a decade.
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President Bush will nominate Michael B. Mukasey, a former federal judge from New York, as attorney general, according to people familiar with the decision.
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President Bush yesterday nominated White House Counsel Alberto Gonzales, a son of migrant workers, to succeed Attorney General John Ashcroft as head of the Justice Department
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President Bush nominated White House  legal counsel Alberto Gonzales on Wednesday as the next U.S.  attorney general, replacing John Ashcroft.
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In picking White House counsel Alberto Gonzales to succeed John Ashcroft as attorney general, President Bush set the stage for political history: If confirmed by the Senate, Gonzales, 49, would be the first Hispanic to be the nation's chief law enforcement officer.
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US President George W. Bush on Monday formally nominated retired federal judge Michael Mukasey as attorney general and urged the US Senate to confirm him swiftly.
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President George W. Bush plans to announce on Monday he has chosen Michael Mukasey, a former federal judge and prosecutor, as his choice for attorney general, a senior U.S. official said.
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A retired federal judge is a leading candidate to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales, whose last day on the job was Friday, two sources told CNN on Saturday. Michael B. Mukasey was nominated to the bench in 1988 by President Ronald Reagan.
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President Bush's re-election makes it more likely Chief Justice William H. Rehnquist will retire soon. And Republican gains in the Senate mean the president has more flexibility to nominate another strong conservative to fill that vacancy and other federal judgeships.