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- Thomas Hardiman, the Third Circuit US Court of Appeals judge who was among President Donald Trump’s top picks to replace the retiring Justice Anthony Kennedy, lost to Brett Kavanaugh on Monday.
- Trump announced he would nominate Kavanaugh, nearly two weeks after Kennedy said he was preparing to leave the bench.
- Hardiman was in the same position 18 months ago, when he was runner-up to Neil Gorsuch, Trump’s first Supreme Court nominee.
Thomas Hardiman, a Third Circuit US Court of Appeals judge, has now lost out on a US Supreme Court nomination twice in 18 months.
Hardiman was among four of President Donald Trump’s top picks to the high court in recent days. Trump announced on Monday night that he would nominate Brett Kavanaugh, currently a US Court of Appeals judge for the District of Columbia, to the seat being vacated by Justice Anthony Kennedy.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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