federal judges, starting at the top with the open seat on the supreme court. incoming white house chief of staff reince priebus said a name will be announced around the time of the inauguration. mr. trump has pledged to nominate one of the 22 names he's released for the first pick but will president obama's nominee get a last-minute shot at the seat. our panel here is to -- here to weigh in. teresa vereeno and ian mill houzzer from think process. good toe sue you both. >> good to be here. >> and on friday, we have a new mexico lawyer asking the chief justice, who could defer to the whole court to foers the senator to -- force the senator to hold hearings and force mcconnell to have a vote on merit garland who has been sitting there for months and does it go anywhere. >> this is a so what lawsuit. i don't think this guy will win and even if he does, so what. the senate holds the vote.