What if Ashcroft resigned to get ready for the Supreme Court? [View All]

[bleedingheart]

Please tell me I am nuts but I wonder if he isn't getting ready to be nominated to replace Rehnquist.

I can't find much about his career in law but I did find this tidbit ..

"Ashcroft came to national prominence in the late 1980s when Missouri brought suit to enforce a state law restricting abortion in Webster v. Reproductive Health Services. The U.S. Supreme Court ultimately upheld Missouri’s law. "

http://encarta.msn.com/encyclopedia_761581415/John_Ashcroft.html

What are the requirements for the Supreme Court..???

Perhaps Ashcroft won't be Rehnquist's replacement but I would find it very interesting if he would be appointed to a federal bench so that he could wait out the next one to leave....