WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President George W. Bush nominated Judge Samuel Alito for the Supreme Court on Monday in a move that set up a showdown with Democrats but placated conservatives who bitterly rejected his last choice.
The new nomination came as Bush tries to make a course correction in his struggling presidency after a tough week in which a vice presidential aide was indicted and his first choice for a court vacancy, White House counsel Harriet Miers, withdrew due to a conservative backlash.
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