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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Purely speculation but Senator Schumer may be getting wind that Barrett is serious contender and the tweets are preemptive. There is little doubt that he will vehemently oppose any nominee selected from the list.
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True - but some are either to oppose than others, as I discuss in my latest @ATLblog post:http://bit.ly/2tMhENu
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