Gorsuch being a strong 4th Amendment advocate makes him a solid Scalia replacement. Hardimann's rulings had strongly favored police power. Scalia's civil liberty defenses actually made him my favorite of the three arch-conservative judges.
This is a pretty crucial distinction for me too. My main objection to Garland was that his entire philosophy is based on deference to authority, including the police. Hardiman was way too pro strip search for me.
Yup. This (and his Chevron stance) are what made him my hope over a nightmare like Pryor.
Seriously, I've been crossing my fingers for Gorsuch since the election. This is the first thing Trump has done that didn't fill me with shame
