What is Thomas Hardiman?
{{Infobox officeholder | name = Thomas M. Hardiman | image = JudgeThomasHardiman.pdf | office = Judge of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]] | appointer = [[George W. Bush]] | term_start = April 2, 2007 | term_end = | predecessor = [[Richard Lowell Nygaard]] | successor = | office1 = Judge of the [[United States District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania]] | appointer1 = [[George W. Bush]] | term_start1 = October 27, 2003 | term_end1 = April 5, 2007 | predecessor1 = [[William Lloyd Standish]] | successor1 = [[Cathy Bissoon]] | birth_name = Thomas Michael Hardiman | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1965|07|08}} | birth_place = [[Winchester, Massachusetts|Winchester]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | education = [[University of Notre Dame]] {{small|([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]])}}<br>[[Georgetown Law]] {{small|([[Juris Doctor|JD]])}} | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] }} '''Thomas Michael Hardiman''' (born July 8, 1965) is an American [[United States federal judge|Circuit Judge]] of the [[United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit]]. He was nominated by President [[George W. Bush]]. He began active service on April 2, 2007 and serves in [[Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania]]. He was a [[United States federal judge|United States District Judge]]. In 2017, Hardiman was a finalist to replaced [[Antonin Scalia]] as an [[Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States|Associate Justice]] of the [[Supreme Court of the United States]], but [[Neil Gorsuch|Neil M. Gorsuch]] was nominated by President [[Donald Trump]] instead.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.slate.com/blogs/the_slatest/2017/01/31/trump_picks_supreme_court_justice_between_finalists_gorsuch_and_hardiman.html|title=Donald Trump Chooses Conservative Judge Neil Gorsuch to Fill Supreme Court Seat|last=Hannon|first=Elliot|date=January 31, 2017|newspaper=Slate|access-date=February 15, 2017|language=en-US|issn=