be the most persistent. he has been denied in a u.s. district court and federal court and now has filed an emergency request with the supreme court itself, asking the high court to force republican senator chuck grassley who chairs the judiciary committee to hold a hearing and for senate majority leader mitch mcconnell to put garland's nomination to a full senate vote. before deciding the matter, the supreme court would normally ask the opposing party to respond, but in this case that would be senators grassley and mcconnell. so the path forward is a bit unclear, but michelle's request with the supreme court is a long shot at best. meantime, aides to president-elect trump say is getting closer to deciding who he would like to fill the vacancy left by antonin scalia. though the list is long, two names continue to resurface, judges diane sikes and william prior. prior was appointed to the federal appeals court by george w. bush and once called row v