In a speech to a mainly female audience, Richardson said his judicial nominees would have to support the precedent established in Roe v. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion.
"When you talk about Supreme Court justices, you look at the enormous damage the Supreme Court has done over the last two months. It has not been a good summer," he said.
Richardson said he appointed women to top jobs as a member of Congress, Cabinet secretary, and governor.
"I've always appointed women to critical positions. You know why? Women are better workers than men. It's very simple," Richardson said to laughter. "I hope that doesn't lose the men's vote."
Wilson endorses Clinton WASHINGTON -- Senator Clinton has won the endorsement of Joseph Wilson, the retired diplomat whose outspoken critique of the Bush administration's march to war in Iraq led administration officials to identify his wife, Valerie Plame Wilson, as a CIA operative.
The Clinton campaign took the unusual step of announcing the endorsement on a conference call with bloggers -- a reflection of Wilson's popularity among the antiwar left and bloggers' fascination with the Plame Wilson case.
Clinton "is the one candidate in my judgment who understands the need to get America out of harm's way," Wilson said in the call, which was moderated by Clinton Internet director Peter Daou.
In 2003, as the Bush team built its case to invade Iraq, Wilson visited the African nation of Niger to investigate administration contentions that Saddam Hussein had purchased uranium yellowcake, a component for building nuclear weapons. Finding no such evidence, Wilson wrote an op-ed in The New York Times charging that the administration had manipulated the intelligence information to suit its goals.
Shortly after the piece was published, Plame Wilson's identity was leaked to several journalists, including syndicated columnist Robert Novak, who disclosed her connection to the CIA in a July 2003 story. (AP)
