While President George W. Bush stood on the deck of an aircraft carrier in 2003 and declared “Mission accomplished” in the Iraq War, his administration was quietly engaged in another battle to reshape America’s court system. The following year, after deposing Senate Democratic leader Tom Daschle and winning reelection, Bush got what he and the master planners were dreaming of: two open Supreme Court seats.
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