Clement would be great, but he's probably viewed as too "inside the Beltway" - not "Trumpy" enough. Some say Hardiman was pushed by his Third Circuit colleague, Maryanne Trump Barry (aka President Trump's big sister).
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IHardiman “looks the part” and his wife is from a real estate family. But he is not a feeder judge and nothing in his record suggests “brilliance”. I don’t get why Paul Clement was left off the list. Barrett will be kept for the RBG seat. Kavanaugh too much associated with Bush?
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I think the coast is clear for Kavanaugh now. He might not be everyone's favorite nominee (who is), but he's eminently confirmable.
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Trump saying his pick need to be Harvard or Yale. Rather narrows the list.
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Rules out Hardiman if true.
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And several others, e.g., Amy Coney Barrett, Raymond Kethledge, Joan Larsen, Amul Thapar - but it sounded to me like a somewhat offhand remark by Trump, not an ironclad commitment. But good news for Kavanaugh, I guess!
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So I guess Trump is leaning toward Barrett. Collins is on board because Barrett has written extensively about “precedent” (so clearly she respects its value!) and Schumer is trying for a pre-emotive strike.
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I know she said that about Gorsuch (he wrote about precedent), but has Collins said anything about Barrett specifically? If so, link? (I know Collins spoke over the weekend re: Roe and precedent generally.)
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Schumer is now going ballistic with a series of tweets about Barrett. He has not done this with any other candidate.
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Thanks for flagging for me! I have a story for @ATLblog in the works about the #SCOTUS horse race, and I just incorporated the Schumer tweets.
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