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Question: Who will President Trump nominate for the Supreme Court?
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Neil Gorsuch		  
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Thomas Hardiman		  
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« on: January 30, 2017, 12:27:23 PM »
Since we seem to be down to two names on SCOTUS, who do you think will be Trump's nominee?

Here are Wikipedia bios on the two top contenders:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neil_Gorsuch

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Hardiman

The announcement will be on Tuesday at 8 pm so this poll will be open just 2 days.
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« Reply #1 on: January 30, 2017, 12:29:59 PM »
Gun to my head, Hardiman, but it could honestly be either. Who can really know what goes on in Trump's head?
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« Reply #2 on: January 30, 2017, 12:34:09 PM »
Garland, in a shocker.
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« Reply #3 on: January 30, 2017, 12:34:26 PM »
Hardiman will definitely be harder to filibuster....he might be like a Kennedy, Roberts, or Rheinquist but probably about where Scalia was.

Gorsuch is probably at least as conservative as Scalia.
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« Reply #4 on: January 30, 2017, 12:34:53 PM »
I went for Hardiman as well.  I am figuring Trump's thought process to be something along these lines:

1. Both are good and have many supporters
2. My sister says Hardiman is great
3. I like my sister
4. ...and she is a Judge, so she must know what she is saying
5. Hardiman it is!
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« Reply #5 on: January 30, 2017, 12:53:16 PM »
Quote from: Mondale_was_an_insidejob on January 30, 2017, 12:50:09 PM
My guess is Hardimann...he's not Ivy Leauge and looks like your average every day joe. Grousch comes from privilege and literally looks like a gray hair clone of Roberts

Georgetown is ranked 10 and Cornell is ranked like 14. Its still an "upper class" law school but looks "middle class" compared to Harvard, Yale, and Columbia, ranked 1,2, and 4 by USNWR.
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« Reply #6 on: January 30, 2017, 01:03:47 PM »
Quote from: Mondale_was_an_insidejob on January 30, 2017, 12:58:06 PM
Quote from: Special Boy on January 30, 2017, 12:53:16 PM
Quote from: Mondale_was_an_insidejob on January 30, 2017, 12:50:09 PM
My guess is Hardimann...he's not Ivy Leauge and looks like your average every day joe. Grousch comes from privilege and literally looks like a gray hair clone of Roberts

Georgetown is ranked 10 and Cornell is ranked like 14. Its still an "upper class" law school but looks "middle class" compared to Harvard, Yale, and Columbia, ranked 1,2, and 4 by USNWR.

Maybe but Hardimann would throw a wrench into Dems plan to filibuster...this is the guy who literally volunteers on weekends to help Hispanics who cant speak English with legal problems. He has no known record on abortion, and actually has a personality.

He's the perfect candidate to cause the Dems filibuster to blow up in their face. Trump is literally trolling the Dems with Looney Toon tactics

Yeah we might better just confirm him and let the Religious Right go on the warpath. He's an improvement over Scalia
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« Reply #7 on: January 30, 2017, 01:10:27 PM »
Quote from: Mondale_was_an_insidejob on January 30, 2017, 01:08:25 PM
Quote from: Damar on January 30, 2017, 01:03:47 PM
Quote from: Mondale_was_an_insidejob on January 30, 2017, 12:58:06 PM
Quote from: Special Boy on January 30, 2017, 12:53:16 PM
Quote from: Mondale_was_an_insidejob on January 30, 2017, 12:50:09 PM
My guess is Hardimann...he's not Ivy Leauge and looks like your average every day joe. Grousch comes from privilege and literally looks like a gray hair clone of Roberts

Georgetown is ranked 10 and Cornell is ranked like 14. Its still an "upper class" law school but looks "middle class" compared to Harvard, Yale, and Columbia, ranked 1,2, and 4 by USNWR.

Maybe but Hardimann would throw a wrench into Dems plan to filibuster...this is the guy who literally volunteers on weekends to help Hispanics who cant speak English with legal problems. He has no known record on abortion, and actually has a personality.

He's the perfect candidate to cause the Dems filibuster to blow up in their face. Trump is literally trolling the Dems with Looney Toon tactics

Yeah we might better just confirm him and let the Religious Right go on the warpath. He's an improvement over Scalia

I'm all for endlessly fillbustering whoever they nominate but Trump has said he's ok with nuking the filibuster and you know his ball washers in the Senate will immediately follow suit. The Dems are just lousy at pulling off PR stunts like the Republicans and this could come back to hurt them especially if Ginsgburg croaks and the GOP gain even more seats in 2018

There's other tools than the filibuster. But hey, if the filibuster is abolished, that means Democrats can pass all their laws in two weeks once they are in charge again.
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« Reply #8 on: January 30, 2017, 01:27:13 PM »
Quote from: MT Treasurer on January 30, 2017, 01:17:12 PM
Honestly, I'd rather see a radical leftie on the Court than another Souter. I'm sick and tired of all the "moderates".
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« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2017, 01:38:01 PM »
Quote from: MT Treasurer on January 30, 2017, 01:17:12 PM
Honestly, I'd rather see a radical leftie on the Court than another Souter. I'm sick and tired of all the "moderates".

Souter was clearly a leftie , moderates are Kennedy and Roberts
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« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2017, 01:38:50 PM »
Quote from: Mondale_was_an_insidejob on January 30, 2017, 01:11:44 PM
Quote from: Special Boy on January 30, 2017, 01:10:27 PM


There's other tools than the filibuster. But hey, if the filibuster is abolished, that means Democrats can pass all their laws in two weeks once they are in charge again.

What other tools besides the filibuster is available?
They could deny quorum.
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« Reply #11 on: January 30, 2017, 01:45:07 PM »
Starting to think it's Hardiman. I like his work with poor Hispanics - good for him.
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« Reply #12 on: January 30, 2017, 02:00:28 PM »
Gorsuch.

Steve Bannon is the only person other than perhaps Jared Kushner preventing a quasi-coup by the GOP establishment via Pence, Priebus and Ryan. Trump doesn't have the strength or appetite to fight for his choice on something like this.
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« Reply #13 on: January 30, 2017, 02:03:50 PM »
Judge Judith Sheindlin.
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« Reply #14 on: January 30, 2017, 02:04:29 PM »
Now that would be fantastic.
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« Reply #15 on: January 30, 2017, 02:08:01 PM »

Solicitor General: As you can see, the intention here was to-

Justice Judy: I don't care what you intended! You are wrong!
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« Reply #16 on: January 30, 2017, 02:13:38 PM »
Hardiman. Filibuster will be nuked anyway.
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« Reply #17 on: January 30, 2017, 02:18:03 PM »
Quote from: Castro on January 30, 2017, 02:08:01 PM

Solicitor General: As you can see, the intention here was to-

Justice Judy: I don't care what you intended! You are wrong!

At that rate, how about going all the way and putting Judge Jeanine Pirro in? Smiley
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« Reply #18 on: January 30, 2017, 02:27:46 PM »
« Edited: January 30, 2017, 02:34:19 PM by Adam T »
Scott Baio

Trump: "What, the nominee has to be a lawyer?  Enough with that,  enough.  He was with me from the beginning.  If that's not good judgement, I don't know what is. The best judgement."
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« Reply #19 on: January 30, 2017, 04:35:23 PM »
Quote from: Castro on January 30, 2017, 12:35:04 PM
This just in: "Senate Dems will filibuster Trump’s Supreme Court nominee"

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http://www.politico.com/story/2017/01/senate-democrats-filibuster-supreme-court-pick-234368

An interesting choice for GOP, after this announcement - do they nominate Gorsuch and go nuclear, or nominate Hardiman and try to undermine the Democratic unity?  Of course, Trump may not care what the GOP thinks and will do his thing.
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« Reply #20 on: January 30, 2017, 04:43:30 PM »
It's Hardiman, I wish it was Pryor Sad
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« Reply #21 on: January 30, 2017, 05:13:56 PM »
Quote from: Higgs on January 30, 2017, 04:43:30 PM
It's Hardiman, I wish it was Pryor Sad
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« Reply #22 on: January 30, 2017, 07:41:24 PM »
I am preparing for the worst. It's gonna be Gorsuch.
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« Reply #23 on: January 30, 2017, 07:44:56 PM »
Hardiman, funny story Hardiman is my school's headmasters cousin, but I really want Gorsuch.
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« Reply #24 on: January 30, 2017, 11:59:23 PM »
Based on reports, it looks like Democrats may back off an all out war (link below), but will the final choice change their minds?

(http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/30/politics/democrats-supreme-court-battle/)
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