before she was a justice came before the senate and talked about things. she demured on a number of things when pushed saying it s not appropriate as a judge and a justice to make any kind of pronouncement on it. i don t want to deal in hypotheticals. you ll hear that from in person that is the nominee because it s dangerous. every case is fact specific. they don t want to be boxed in. good luck getting any answers on anything. that s why you have to pour through the decades worth of opinions and writings to see if you can really get a close about how they will decide a case like roe v. wade. right now there s nothing in the pipelines but that doesn t mean it won t come in the years to come. shepard: thanks, shannon. great to be here. state waiting for mitch mcconnell. i mentioned the money coming in from the left. money from the right, to. the judicial crisis network which advocates for conservative justices spent $10 million on
the bork confirmation hearing came up. it was a battle royale. you wonder if we re about to see something similar. it would be difficult to bork as it s become know in the vernacular. somebody like hardiman or kavanaugh. the wore i have is with kavanaugh that they may get some dissension from conservatives that don t like his 2011 ruling on obamacare. borking kethledge would be difficult as well. the only candidate that might be subject to that scrutiny is amy coney barrett because of her writings on if fact that she believes an opinion and a decision from the supreme court was made in error, that she would support overturning the judicial precedent. you re going to have tough hearings. in question about that. will they last to the level of
professor in notre dame. she s seen as controversial during her appeals court hearing last november. her strict version of catholicism came up and backfired on dianne feinstein at the time. brett kavanaugh has the most involved report. that s a positive and a negative. a lot of people from the federalist society favor him for the long record but he s ruled on obamacare, abortion and other issues that are certain to come up and the democrats could claim that it s such a long record it will take longer, which could inch towards election day. shepard: that leads to pros and cons for each. yeah. ray kethledge was least known. seems like his star was fading or hasn t been the likely
were the running the leading contenders. interesting to note, adding to the intrigue is that judge thomas hardiman is in washington d.c. today. he s on the judicial committee of the judicial conference of the united states. i m told don t read into that. he was going to be here anyways, but it s convenient if the president were to choose him, he s just down the street and so is judge brett kavanaugh, he s on the d.c. circuit of appeals. he s living in town in i way. if it s amy bryants or raymond kethledge, they would have to be brought in. something else that we ve heard about, the so-called sherpa that will take the nominee around to the senators and vote on that person s confirmation. that is former arizona senator
barrett. she was from indiana. a favorite among social conservatives. in her appeals confirmation, she says she takes her catholic faith seriously but won t let it affect her decisions as a judge. she s been on the federal bench for eight months now and some analysts consider her more likely for a possible future pick. judge thomas hardiman is from pennsylvania. he was the runner-up to neil gorsuch last year and served with the president s sister. and then judge kethledge from michigan. he says he enjoys working in his northern michigan cabin alone with no internet connection. that s a little slice of each. we ll have more on them in just a moment. president trump is choosing somebody to fill justice anthony kennedy s seat. he was a swing vote on many issues like abortion rights and gay rights. his retirement means the court will be split.