The battle is brewing

Just hours after Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor announced her retirement (text here, story here) the battle lines are being drawn for the fight over her replacement nominee.

Bush calls for "a dignified process of confirmation in the United States Senate, characterized by fair treatment, a fair hearing and a fair vote." (text here) We'll see if he gets it.

Nice roundup of her career at Point of Law.

Orin Kerr has lots of thoughts here at the Volokh Conspiracy.

And Eric Lindholm has a nice poem to commemorate "Sandra Dee" at Viking Pundit.