Bush to name Alito to U.S. Supreme Court

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – President George W. Bush will
nominate U.S. appeals court judge Samuel Alito to the U.S.
Supreme Court on Monday to fill the seat of retiring Justice
Sandra Day O’Connor, a congressional aide told Reuters.

The announcement is to be made early Monday at the White
House. Alito, 55, is considered a conservative in the mold of
Justice Antonin Scalia. He would replace White House counsel
Harriet Miers who withdrew her name from consideration last
week under withering attack from conservatives within Bush’s
own Republican Party.