"Business advocates [3] are raising millions of dollars, plotting major lobbying campaigns, and quietly working to influence the president as he ponders a replacement for [retiring Supreme Court] Justice Sandra Day O'Connor [4]," reports the Washington Post. Big business groups want favorable future rulings on pensions, taxation and product liability, among other issues. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce [5] has been preparing for the past two-and-a-half years by giving White House staff private "in-depth analyses of decisions rendered by federal appeals court judges - the most likely pool of high court candidates." The reports run around 20 pages, for each judge. The National Association of Manufacturers [6] will also "likely ask its lobbyists and its members back home to urge swing senators to vote for Bush's nominee." C. Boyden Gray [7], also of the Committee for Justice [8], "has become the unofficial liaison on judgeships between the White House and the corporate community."