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#!dcdisplay fp\b0\i0\fs10Source~WARNER_BROS; Shoot_Date~19.10.1999; Type~COLOR;  ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ fs16\bNo Titlefs12\b0 (GANNETT PHOTO NETWORK) TV-SHEEN: Martin Sheen playing President Josiah Bartlett in "The West Wing." A scene from the show including (l-r) Allison Janney as Press Secretary C.J. Cregg, Richard Schiff as Communications Director Toby Ziegler, John Spencer as Chief of Staff Leo McGarry, Martin Sheen as President Josiah Bartlett, The West Wing airs Wednesdays on NBC (9-10 p.m. ET) (GNS Photo by Warner Bros.) fp\b0\i0\fs10ÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐÐ fp\i0\b\fs16Copyright 1998 The Cincinnati Enquirer fp\b0\i0\fs10Copyright=OTHER; Photographer~Kevin_Foley;  Aspect=WARNER_BROS; Aspect=19.10.1999; Aspect=COLOR; Aspect=OTHER; Aspect=Kevin_Foley;

Aaron Sorkin truly is the Broderite wankertastic gift that keeps on giving.

Sen. Tom Udall (D-N.M.) is floating the idea of simultaneously confirming both Neil Gorsuch, President Trump’s nominee, and Merrick Garland, former President Obama’s nominee, to the Supreme Court.

The New Mexico Democrat told reporters Monday that he pitched moving the two judges during his meeting with Gorsuch, according to multiple reports.

“[Trump’s] got a book that’s widely acclaimed in terms of ‘The Art of the Deal.’ This is a deal that makes sense for the country,” Udall said, according to CNN. “It’s a deal that heals the real deep wounds we’ve had in this election.”

Under Udall’s pitch, Trump would meet with justices considering retiring.

If he promised to nominate Garland — whom Republicans refused to give a hearing or a vote — a justice would submit their letter of resignation. The Senate would move both Gorsuch and Garland’s nomination simultaneously.

What? Who would this resigning judge be? And how would Tom Udall or anyone else make this happen? But then, well, I should have known.

Udall’s proposal is similar to a 2004 episode of “The West Wing.”

In the TV show, the Democratic president needs to fill a Supreme Court seat left vacant by the death of a GOP-appointed justice.

As part of a deal to preserve the balance of the court, the president and his staff convince the chief justice to retire and nominate a younger conservative judge to serve on the Supreme Court, as well as a judge considered too liberal to otherwise be confirmed, to be the chief justice.

But an aide for Udall told CNN that the Democratic senator’s plan isn’t ripped from the “West Wing” plot and that he’s only seen a few episodes of the TV show.

I might believe Udall on that last part, but clearly he has a staff member taking The West Wing seriously enough to put this idea in the senator’s ear.

The long-term impact of this show on the thinking of people who are legitimately not stupid and politically minded is way, way too strong.

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