We all know Trump cares about looks, & Neil "Silver Fox" Gorsuch is taller & handsomer than (the already good-looking) Bill Pryor. #SCOTUS
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Replying to @MementoMaori
I'm a big fan of Judge Sykes - but now I'm wondering whether they might hold her for the next
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Replying to @DavidLat
True, you get the biggest bang for your buck locking in someone younger with the longest staying power... but women are long-lived
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Replying to @MementoMaori @DavidLat
Also, the likely opposition are big into identity politics and it's worse optics being mean to a woman :p
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Replying to @MementoMaori
Exactly;
@JoshMBlackman previously wrote that Sykes & Pryor have the same life expectancy on actuarial terms.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @DavidLat @JoshMBlackman
I've read she has more recent controversial rulings, though. So you may be right that they let the heat cool off
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Replying to @MementoMaori @JoshMBlackman
Like her recent Second Amendment ruling. But I still think she's less controversial than Pryor.
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Replying to @DavidLat @JoshMBlackman
I prefer whoever can best and most clearly defend their ruling based on original intent. Thoughts on which that is?
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Or original public meaning, the preferred approach these days. I think they'd all be solid.
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Replying to @DavidLat @JoshMBlackman
Ah, good point about the accepted understanding at the time, hadn't thought about that. Glad they all fit that type
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