President George W. Bush's legal adviser who made headlines as a Texas Supreme Court judge for his tie-breaking vote allowing minors to obtain abortions without parental consent may soon find himself on the U.S. Supreme Court, according to the Drudge Report.

Citing unnamed sources who contend two sitting justices may retire this summer, Drudge stated, "The White House counsel's office has developed the contingency plan, according to sources, just as Justices Sandra Day O'Connor, 71, and John Paul Stevens, 81, are believed to be in a race to be first to step down from the bench."

Alberto Gonzales was appointed by Bush as a top adviser after he served with then-Gov. Bush in Texas. One of the nine judges on that state's high court -- who are all Republicans -- Gonzales opined without explanation a year ago that a 17-year-old high-school girl did not have to notify her parents before she underwent an abortion. The case was the first of many "Jane Does" flooding Texas courts at all levels after the state's Parental Notification Act went into effect Jan. 1, 2000 and has resulted in uncharacteristic division among the justices.

Gonzales, 45, who continually approved petitions for judicial bypass of parental notification, was appointed by Gov. Bush to the Texas Supreme Court bench on Jan. 11, 1999, to fill the un-expired term of Justice Raul Gonzalez. Prior to that appointment, Gonzales had served as Texas' 100th secretary of state from Dec. 2, 1997, to Jan. 10, 1999. A long-time associate of Bush's, he also served as general counsel to the Texas governor for three years.

If Gonzales were to be nominated, insiders expect his confirmation would be a sure thing.

Bush's legal team is also preparing for a second Supreme Court justice appointment, with federal appeals court Judge Michael Luttig at the top of the list among conservative White House staffers, Drudge wrote. Luttig served as a law clerk to Antonin Scalia and Warren Burger and headed the Justice Department's Office of Legal Counsel -- a post previously occupied by Scalia and Chief Justice William Rehnquist.

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