has his own bench of smart young federal appellate judges who he has nominated to the federal appeals court. joan mentioned barrett. i would add parr from kentucky who is very close to mitch mcconnell who would be the first supreme court justice of south asian descent. but it is important not to lose sight that it was understood that the president was going to have just about a free hand when it came to filling justice scalia's seat because almost no one he would have nominated would have changed the court's ideological balance. replacing justice kennedy is a completely different conversation. and so i think one of the really big questions is going to be whether any of the moderate republicans, someone like senator jeff flake or senator bob corker, or even john mccain, will exert some preference for