...but I play one on TV

President Bush has named former Tennessee Sen. Fred Thompson to help shepherd his yet-to-be named Supreme Court nominee through the Senate, White House spokesman Scott McClellan said Wednesday.

Thompson, a Republican and actor on the NBC television series Law & Order, agreed to accept the post in a telephone conversation with the president on Monday, McClellan said.

McClellan was unwilling to comment on these additional celebrities whose expertise in the adjudication process has led to their names being circulated as additional advisors: