{"id":505984,"date":"2017-01-25T18:08:38","date_gmt":"2017-01-25T18:08:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glaad.logalt.net\/tap\/thomas-hardiman\/"},"modified":"2023-04-21T22:29:48","modified_gmt":"2023-04-21T22:29:48","slug":"thomas-hardiman","status":"publish","type":"gap","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/","title":{"rendered":"Thomas Hardiman"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Potential U.S. Supreme Court Nominee<\/h2>\n<p><meta charset=\"utf-8\"><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-8a8cee52-d6cf-ec4c-2cde-e0c2c29750b2\">&#8212; <\/b>Among his strong ties to partisan GOP politics: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.post-gazette.com\/early-returns\/ernational\/2016\/05\/18\/Pittsburgh-judge-among-Trump-s-possible-justices\/stories\/201605180192\">Served as treasurer<\/a> for the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, PA; <a href=\"http:\/\/cironline.org\/sites\/default\/files\/legacy\/files\/MoneyTrails_FullReport.pdf\">Gave maximum allowed donation<\/a> to President George W. Bush (who then appointed him to federal bench); <a href=\"http:\/\/www.salon.com\/2006\/10\/31\/money_trail\/\">called a &#8220;prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Rick Santorum<\/a>,&#8221; to whom he has donated thousands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":355,"featured_media":505985,"template":"","categories":[138754],"tags":[],"region":[],"hashtag":[138632],"class_list":{"0":"post-505984","1":"gap","2":"type-gap","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"category-gaps","7":"hashtag-politics"},"aioseo_notices":[],"apple_news_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro 4.8.1.1 - aioseo.com -->\n\t<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Potential U.S. Supreme Court Nominee -- Among his strong ties to partisan GOP politics: Served as treasurer for the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, PA; Gave maximum allowed donation to President George W. Bush (who then appointed him to federal bench); called a &quot;prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Rick Santorum,&quot; to whom he has donated thousands.\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"max-image-preview:large\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"author\" content=\"danderson\"\/>\n\t<meta name=\"google-site-verification\" content=\"393886352\" \/>\n\t<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"generator\" content=\"All in One SEO Pro (AIOSEO) 4.8.1.1\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GLAAD | GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Thomas Hardiman | GLAAD\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Potential U.S. Supreme Court Nominee -- Among his strong ties to partisan GOP politics: Served as treasurer for the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, PA; Gave maximum allowed donation to President George W. Bush (who then appointed him to federal bench); called a &quot;prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Rick Santorum,&quot; to whom he has donated thousands.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/25195504\/Hardiman-bc3.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:secure_url\" content=\"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/25195504\/Hardiman-bc3.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"657\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"337\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-25T18:08:38+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2023-04-21T22:29:48+00:00\" \/>\n\t\t<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLAAD\/\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@glaad\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Thomas Hardiman | GLAAD\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Potential U.S. Supreme Court Nominee -- Among his strong ties to partisan GOP politics: Served as treasurer for the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, PA; Gave maximum allowed donation to President George W. Bush (who then appointed him to federal bench); called a &quot;prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Rick Santorum,&quot; to whom he has donated thousands.\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@glaad\" \/>\n\t\t<meta name=\"twitter:image\" content=\"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/25195504\/Hardiman-bc3.jpg\" \/>\n\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"aioseo-schema\">\n\t\t\t{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/#breadcrumblist\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/\",\"nextItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Thomas Hardiman\"}},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/#listItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Thomas Hardiman\",\"previousItem\":{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/#listItem\",\"name\":\"Home\"}}]},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GLAAD\",\"description\":\"GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance.\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.glaad.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2022\\\/11\\\/20110804\\\/Glaad_Cyan.png\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/#organizationLogo\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":639,\"caption\":\"GLAAD logo\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/#organizationLogo\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/GLAAD\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/twitter.com\\\/glaad\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/glaad\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/glaad\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/glaad\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.tumblr.com\\\/\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/author\\\/danderson\\\/#author\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/author\\\/danderson\\\/\",\"name\":\"danderson\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/#authorImage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/868b38caaca6fb2183ab6e228e0e70232356d6c3e36a6363d5bce2ed32d9fb23?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"width\":96,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"danderson\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/#webpage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/\",\"name\":\"Thomas Hardiman | GLAAD\",\"description\":\"Potential U.S. Supreme Court Nominee -- Among his strong ties to partisan GOP politics: Served as treasurer for the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, PA; Gave maximum allowed donation to President George W. Bush (who then appointed him to federal bench); called a \\\"prot\\u00e9g\\u00e9 of Rick Santorum,\\\" to whom he has donated thousands.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/#website\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/#breadcrumblist\"},\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/author\\\/danderson\\\/#author\"},\"creator\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/author\\\/danderson\\\/#author\"},\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/media.glaad.org\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2017\\\/01\\\/25195504\\\/Hardiman-bc3.jpg\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/#mainImage\",\"width\":657,\"height\":337,\"caption\":\"Hardiman\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/gap\\\/thomas-hardiman\\\/#mainImage\"},\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-25T18:08:38-05:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2023-04-21T22:29:48-04:00\"},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"GLAAD\",\"description\":\"GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance.\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/glaad.org\\\/#organization\"}}]}\n\t\t<\/script>\n\t\t<!-- All in One SEO Pro -->\r\n\t\t<title>Thomas Hardiman | GLAAD<\/title>\n\n","aioseo_head_json":{"title":"Thomas Hardiman | GLAAD","description":"Potential U.S. Supreme Court Nominee -- Among his strong ties to partisan GOP politics: Served as treasurer for the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, PA; Gave maximum allowed donation to President George W. Bush (who then appointed him to federal bench); called a \"prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Rick Santorum,\" to whom he has donated thousands.","canonical_url":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/","robots":"max-image-preview:large","keywords":"","webmasterTools":{"google-site-verification":"393886352","miscellaneous":""},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/#breadcrumblist","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/#listItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/","nextItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/#listItem","name":"Thomas Hardiman"}},{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/#listItem","position":2,"name":"Thomas Hardiman","previousItem":{"@type":"ListItem","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/#listItem","name":"Home"}}]},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/#organization","name":"GLAAD","description":"GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance.","url":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/20110804\/Glaad_Cyan.png","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/#organizationLogo","width":1200,"height":639,"caption":"GLAAD logo"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/#organizationLogo"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLAAD\/","https:\/\/twitter.com\/glaad","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/glaad\/","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/glaad","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/glaad\/","https:\/\/glaad.tumblr.com\/"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/author\/danderson\/#author","url":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/author\/danderson\/","name":"danderson","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/#authorImage","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/868b38caaca6fb2183ab6e228e0e70232356d6c3e36a6363d5bce2ed32d9fb23?s=96&d=mm&r=g","width":96,"height":96,"caption":"danderson"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/#webpage","url":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/","name":"Thomas Hardiman | GLAAD","description":"Potential U.S. Supreme Court Nominee -- Among his strong ties to partisan GOP politics: Served as treasurer for the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, PA; Gave maximum allowed donation to President George W. Bush (who then appointed him to federal bench); called a \"prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Rick Santorum,\" to whom he has donated thousands.","inLanguage":"en-US","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/#website"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/#breadcrumblist"},"author":{"@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/author\/danderson\/#author"},"creator":{"@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/author\/danderson\/#author"},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/25195504\/Hardiman-bc3.jpg","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/#mainImage","width":657,"height":337,"caption":"Hardiman"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/#mainImage"},"datePublished":"2017-01-25T18:08:38-05:00","dateModified":"2023-04-21T22:29:48-04:00"},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/","name":"GLAAD","description":"GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance.","inLanguage":"en-US","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/#organization"}}]},"og:locale":"en_US","og:site_name":"GLAAD | GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance.","og:type":"article","og:title":"Thomas Hardiman | GLAAD","og:description":"Potential U.S. Supreme Court Nominee -- Among his strong ties to partisan GOP politics: Served as treasurer for the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, PA; Gave maximum allowed donation to President George W. Bush (who then appointed him to federal bench); called a &quot;prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Rick Santorum,&quot; to whom he has donated thousands.","og:url":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/","og:image":"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/25195504\/Hardiman-bc3.jpg","og:image:secure_url":"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/25195504\/Hardiman-bc3.jpg","og:image:width":657,"og:image:height":337,"article:published_time":"2017-01-25T18:08:38+00:00","article:modified_time":"2023-04-21T22:29:48+00:00","article:publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GLAAD\/","twitter:card":"summary_large_image","twitter:site":"@glaad","twitter:title":"Thomas Hardiman | GLAAD","twitter:description":"Potential U.S. Supreme Court Nominee -- Among his strong ties to partisan GOP politics: Served as treasurer for the Republican Committee of Allegheny County, PA; Gave maximum allowed donation to President George W. Bush (who then appointed him to federal bench); called a &quot;prot\u00e9g\u00e9 of Rick Santorum,&quot; to whom he has donated thousands.","twitter:creator":"@glaad","twitter:image":"https:\/\/media.glaad.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/25195504\/Hardiman-bc3.jpg"},"aioseo_meta_data":{"post_id":"505984","title":null,"description":null,"keywords":null,"keyphrases":null,"primary_term":null,"canonical_url":null,"og_title":null,"og_description":null,"og_object_type":"default","og_image_type":"default","og_image_url":null,"og_image_width":null,"og_image_height":null,"og_image_custom_url":null,"og_image_custom_fields":null,"og_video":null,"og_custom_url":null,"og_article_section":null,"og_article_tags":null,"twitter_use_og":false,"twitter_card":"default","twitter_image_type":"default","twitter_image_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_url":null,"twitter_image_custom_fields":null,"twitter_title":null,"twitter_description":null,"schema":{"blockGraphs":[],"customGraphs":[],"default":{"data":{"Article":[],"Course":[],"Dataset":[],"FAQPage":[],"Movie":[],"Person":[],"Product":[],"ProductReview":[],"Car":[],"Recipe":[],"Service":[],"SoftwareApplication":[],"WebPage":[]},"graphName":"","isEnabled":true},"graphs":[]},"schema_type":"default","schema_type_options":null,"pillar_content":false,"robots_default":true,"robots_noindex":false,"robots_noarchive":false,"robots_nosnippet":false,"robots_nofollow":false,"robots_noimageindex":false,"robots_noodp":false,"robots_notranslate":false,"robots_max_snippet":null,"robots_max_videopreview":null,"robots_max_imagepreview":"large","priority":null,"frequency":null,"local_seo":null,"limit_modified_date":false,"open_ai":null,"created":"2023-04-26 13:52:55","updated":"2024-07-15 16:15:29"},"aioseo_breadcrumb":"<div class=\"aioseo-breadcrumbs\"><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\" title=\"Home\">Home<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/\" title=\"GAPs\">GAPs<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/glaad.org\/category\/gaps\/\" title=\"GLAAD Accountability Project\">GLAAD Accountability Project<\/a>\n<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb-separator\">&raquo;<\/span><span class=\"aioseo-breadcrumb\">\n\tThomas Hardiman\n<\/span><\/div>","aioseo_breadcrumb_json":[{"label":"Home","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org"},{"label":"GAPs","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/"},{"label":"GLAAD Accountability Project","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/category\/gaps\/"},{"label":"Thomas Hardiman","link":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/gap\/thomas-hardiman\/"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gap\/505984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gap"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/gap"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/355"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/gap\/505984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/505985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=505984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=505984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=505984"},{"taxonomy":"region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/region?post=505984"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/glaad.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=505984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}