he s much freer to appoint the kinds of people that reflect the scalia legacy. paul: the list of 20 with neil gorsuch off the list, are you going to pond that list andd fiddle with it? leo: i think the president promised during the campaign he will pick from the list. but i don t see a reason why hee can t refresh and expand the list it s been a year since the list was developed. he has some running room to refresh and expand it if he wants. paul: neil gorsuch going monday to the supreme court. he will start hearing cases right away. what kind of justice should we expect him to be? how is he going to change the court? leo: what you gets is what you saw, paul. this is a man who really cares very deeply about the traditional judicial role,
great educational background and reliably conservative. he would be a home run. he is super smart, committed conservative. he has fidelity to the rule of law and to our constitution and he is a nice guy to boot. if trump goes to judge gorsuch it s fantastic. shannon: looking back over his he is nearly a perfect lineup with justice scalia on big issues and the right one to step into the seat. he would be. he would faithfully discharge the scalia legacy. there are all these studies that try to match up potential candidates. everyone who looks at this can t go wrong with gorsuch. he is pretty good. shannon: the other finalist we believe is judge hardiman, a federal appellant judge in pittsburgh and a great personal story, the first person in his family to go to college in notre dame. drove a taxi to help pay for