Posted on 07/08/2018 7:59:55 PM PDT by springwater13
Sources tell Breitbart News on Sunday that Judges Amy Barrett and Thomas Hardiman have taken the top two positions in the Supreme Court selection process in the final hours before President Donald Trump makes his final choice for a lifetime appointment. Other outlets are reporting different names and numbers, leaving everyone guessing.
At age 46, Barrett would be the youngest justice in almost 30 years. She graduated from Notre Dame Law School, clerked for a federal appeals judge and for Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, then returned to Indiana as a law professor at Notre Dame, where she is well known as an ardent supporter of an originalist interpretation of the Constitution. She is a mother to seven children – both biological and adopted – and is affectionately called “Judge Dogma” by some of her admirers for her grueling confirmation ordeal.
Hardiman has distinguished himself on several major issues during his tenure on the bench. Prominent among these is Binderup v. Attorney General, where he wrote that the Second Amendment must be interpreted according to its original public meaning when it was adopted in 1791, striking down a federal gun-control law as applied to two nonviolent criminals for minor offenses when the government conceded that these individuals were not dangerous.
The Washington Post called Hardiman a “Second Amendment extremist,” which may help his chances with the NRA-endorsed President Trump.
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I still think he’s going to save Barrett to replace RBG when the time comes.
I just looked Hardiman up on Wikipedia and I am left with the feeling that he is a RINO. Read for your self and see what you think. I might be wrong and hope I am, but most of the decisions he made leave me very concerned.
A Pennsylvania Republican is basically a blue dog democrat everywhere else.
So you really don’t know or care to know much about Hardiman at all.
That makes you a swamp creature—whether official or unofficial.
This horserace calling is crap.DJT decided his Justice some time ago.
I just read it and I don’t see that. On the immigration/asylum rulings I suspect he was just following the letter of the law. That’s fine, I don’t want judges making up law to suit their political agenda. What are your specific concerns?
BTW, I just saw Lindsey on Fox saying all 4 were great. OH NO! THEY’RE ALL FOR OPEN BORDERS!
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