1.   Although the requisite Senate approval will temper all choices for the judiciary, the next president will still name judges.

2.   Bush also has no appointed Cabinet and does not name judges.

3.   Bush gave them reason to think so during the campaign, often saying he would name judges with a strict constructionist philosophy.

4.   By the time he leaves office in four years, Clinton will have named more judges to the federal bench than any other president, several legal scholars predict.

5.   George W. Bush has refused to specifically promise to name anti-abortion judges, but he has also said he would pick those who agree philosophically with him.

6.   He named the judge, and from that moment he became fair game for district attorneys everywhere.

7.   In Towson, Md., this week, a Baltimore County judge named Robert Cahill did all husbands with tempers and wandering wives a big favor.

8.   Left-of-center advocacy groups had hoped that Clinton would name liberal judges as a counterweight to the conservative judicial tide.

9.   One of the crucial chores U.S. senators perform is naming federal judges.

10.   Regrettably, federal judges are named for life.