- Her decision even took allies of the White House by surprise.
"An O'Connor resignation was not one we took seriously," said C. Boyden Gray, a former White House counsel who founded the Committee for Justice, one of the key advocacy groups set to back whoever the president nominates.
Mr. Gray received a text message during an interview with The New York Times at his Georgetown home shortly after 9:30 this morning informing him of Justice O'Connor's resignation.
"It makes me nervous," he said. "I'm not sure we are as prepared for an O'Connor vacancy."
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