According to CNN, Bush has selected John Roberts Jr. to replace SOC and will formally announce the nomination later this evening.
A quick briefing from The Week:
Roberts, 50, clerked for Chief Justice William Rehnquist. Appointed to the D.C. Circuit in 2003, Roberts’ opinions have been generally conservative, but none has proven particularly controversial. As a lawyer in the Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations, he argued that federal funds should not be spent on abortions, and that Roe v. Wade should be overturned. But colleagues say that he was simply reflecting the views of his clients in those administrations, not necessarily his personal views.
More to come...