Bush nominates Roberts for Supreme Court

Appeals court judge would replace retiring O'Connor

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Bush on Tuesday selected U.S. Circuit Judge John Roberts Jr. as his nominee to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor on the Supreme Court.
Bush called the selection of a nominee to the high court "one of the most consequential decisions a president makes."
The announcement ended nearly three weeks of fervent speculation about who will take O'Connor's pivotal seat on the nation's highest court.Roberts, 50, who serves on U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, considered the most influential federal panel outside of the Supreme Court...