XXXXX DRUDGE REPORT XXXXX SUN MAY 08, 2005 19:11:31 ET XXXXX
WHITE HOUSE PLANS FOR 2 SUPREME COURT VACANCIES
**Excusive**
President Bush's top political and legal advisers have been quietly planning for the possibility that two Supreme Court justices may step down from the bench at the end of this term, the DRUDGE REPORT has learned.
One senior adviser dismissed the development as "routine" and not founded in the specific status of any judge.
"Look, we had the possibility there would be two openings -- five years ago," the top insider explained.
But others around the president are said to believe that an opening -- or openings -- is now imminent.
"Plan for two," the president recently told senior staff, sources claim.
The names of Chief Justice William Rehnquist and Justice Sandra Day O'Connor have again surfaced in DC's favorite seasonal guessing game.
Developing...
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