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President, judge brett kavanaugh, an early favorite and judge hardiman who was hup for it when gorsuch got the nod. these are four people who were on the original list of 25 justices, potential justices that the president said he would nominate to the high court if elected. this has been a transparent process. both kavanaugh and kethledge were clerks for justice kennedy, which i find so interesting. if one of them gets the pick, you pass down the torch to someone who has learned so much from you. you read their résumes, they re incredibly important. but what it comes down to is the one on one presiden one intervie president. kennedy was a disappointment to a lot of conservatives. you want to avoid the pitfall of nominating someone who is good on paper but who is going to move away from a conservative perspective. part of what we re doing is ....
Look, this is going to be emblematic. when it comes to juris prudence they are topnotch. they will go after questions of biography. paul: kethledge is less known than the others because he has worked out on sixth circuit. he has written on property rights, strong con cities constitutional background too. kethledge and kavanaugh have the most experience. hardiman interviewed the first time, he s somebody who has an appealing background, likes him personally, maybe not the same level of jurist prudential and ....
Essentially warning according to reporting democrats could use this to push it off for months and months. it feels like republican are remarkable at eating their own. this is i agree with you. this is a little crazy. we have four people here and they range on the ideological spectrum from very conservative to super conservative. it s a very narrow range. and the hysteria of some people on the conservative end of the spectrum about not just brett kavanagh, but about the two other judges, judge hardiman and judge kethledge. to suggest that they re open border zelle oughts and crazy things like that, this is just wild. so that part is crazy. to me the majority leaders concern is real in the sense that he has a very narrow majority. he s got a majority that s even narrower than it looks on paper because senator mccain is sick. so his because he understands it, any of these four is going ....
We ll get a report on the ground as monsoon rains fall and thai navy seals prepare to go in again. but first we are just over 24 hours away from president trump s primetime announcement of his pick to replace anthony kennedy on the supreme court. by the way, for those of you watching at home, abc says it is prepared to break into the bachelorette to bring you that news. president says he has narrowed his short list to 4. the finalist s were reportedly brett kavanagh, amy and kethledge. mitch mcconnell has been nudging the president in the direction of just two of those candidates. senator mcconnell reportedly told the president that kethledge and hardiman present the fewest obstacles to being confirmed. the times has since reported that the president is expressing fresh interest in hardiman as the process enters its final hours. and here s what trump had to say on his way back from new jersey just this afternoon. i m very close to making a ....
Weekend overture. republicans like, he s from pennsylvania, used to drive a taxi, has a great story. now he s back in the mix as somebody who the president can really get behind and so could possibly we should also mention his secret weapon, judge hardiman s secret weapon which is the president s sister. on the third circuit court of appeals and recommended him to the president and one thing we know about president trump is he kind of relies on family. i would point out, though, that senators collins and murkowski as well as senator mccain and three democrats voted for judge barrett when she was confirmed just last october. fair enough. mark, who do you think has the tougher job here, mitch mcconnell in trying to keep senators collins and murkowski in the fold, or chuck schumer, trying to hold the line with joe manchin, joe donley, heidi high camp? chuck schumer has a much more difficult position. many of those red state ....