This man sounds tooooo good to be true. He would put the democrats in a true dilemma because to veto his would be to veto a very hard working ethnic group.
Amul Thapar gets my vote!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Well, based on liberals own criteria, it is bigoted to criticize anyone of a recognized minority or grievance group. So based on their own criteria, criticism of this judge would be anti-Indian bigotry.
This is a great article.
His ethnicity would matter for nothing to the Dems. Just ask Clarence Thomas about that, and that was long ago.
I think he’s Trump’s pick.
poor Joe Biden he wouldn’t be able to go to a 7-11, a Dunkin Donuts or the Supreme court without hearing a “slight indian accent”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AEG1wuoa2hs
Let's hope he gets three or four more vacancies to fill before his two terms are up. I fully expect Clarence Thomas will retire halfway through Trump's second term.
I think he should be saved for when Ginsburg goes. That’s where the real fight is going to be. If anyone thinks they are going crazy over Kennedy being replaced, they just need to wait and see what happens when Trump gets to replace a leftie on the Court. Then when they inevitably, viciously attack Thapar, we can counter-attack them for opposing the first Asian on the Court. Right now, though, Trump should be able to get someone through without too much difficulty (I hope at least).
I think he’ll be the one. Trump loves to misdirect the MSM before he lands a blow.
McConnell’s pick, no thanks.
President Trump could nominate Mahatma Gandhi, Mother Teresa, or Martin Luther King, and the left would do everything in their power to destroy them.
Yep, just what we need, another “firstie” so we can check ff another box...
Anyone remember Sandy Day O’Connor and what a monstrous disappointment SHE turned out to be?
I don’t know him, but the fact people call him an “originalist” is very positive.
I don’t like people who are described as “Catholic,” “Progressive” or “Conservative” or by another label, or those who are identified on one issue
Follow the Constitution, as written. That all that’s needed.
Early life and education
Thapar was born in Troy, Michigan. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Boston College in 1991 and a Juris Doctor from UC Berkeley School of Law in 1994.
Career
Private practice
Thapar was a law clerk to S. Arthur Spiegel of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio from 1994 to 1996, and then to Nathaniel R. Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit from 1996 to 1997. He was an adjunct professor in the University of Cincinnati College of Law from 1995 to 1997 and from 2002 to 2006.
Thapar was an attorney in the law firm of Williams & Connolly in Washington, D.C. from 1997 to 1999. He was a trial advocacy instructor in the Georgetown University Law Center from 1999 to 2000. He was an Assistant United States Attorney of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Washington, DC from 1999 to 2000. He was general counsel to Equalfooting.comfrom 2000 to 2001. He returned to private practice at the Squire, Sanders & Dempsey firm in Cincinnati, Ohio from 2001 to 2002.
United States Attorney[edit]
Thapar returned to the U.S. Attorney’s Office as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Southern District of Ohio from 2002 to 2006, and was the United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Kentucky from 2006 to 2007.
While an Assistant U.S. Attorney, he was appointed to the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC) and chaired the AGAC’s Controlled Substances and Asset Forfeiture subcommittee. He also served on its Terrorism and National Security subcommittee, Violent Crime subcommittee, and Child Exploitation working group.
Thapar also led the Southern Ohio Mortgage Fraud Task Force, which successfully prosecuted approximately 40 perpetrators of mortgage fraud. He led the successful investigation and prosecution of a conspiracy ring to provide illegal aliens with fraudulent driver’s licenses...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amul_Thapar
I want a clear public commitment that he will stop abortion on demand!! I don’t see that.
While I would need to review some of his appellate decisions to get a sense of his quality of mind, he sounds eminently qualified.
Any info about his views on immigration, asylum and refugees, and issues of national sovereinty in general?
Sounds like a good pick but I don’t like identity politics no matter who’s pushing it.
I like what I read about Thapar.
Trump would be wise to appoint the first Asian to the court and save the female pick should RBG expire.
Imagine a SCOTUS with a conservative asian, black, hispanic and woman.....all appointed by Trump
” ... can again make history by choosing Judge Amul Thapar of Kentucky to replace retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy. Thapar, the son of Indian immigrants who came to America legally .... “
NO!!!!
Enough damn identity politics! This “oooh! Trump can MAKE HISTORY by appointing some minority! Isn’t that SPECIAL?!” crap should NEVER be heard OR tolerated from someone ostensibly on our side.
The person should be nominated who’s the BEST person. I don’t care where their parents are from or the color of their skin or what parts they have between their legs (as long as they use them as intended - no more perverts, please).
I like the political strategizing. We don’t do that often enough. Yes, this fellow would seem to be a magic bullet for confirmation. :)