GOING NUCLEAR: Republicans Sweep Aside Filibuster To Confirm Gorsuch

By Bob Owens

Senate Republicans has swept aside the grandstanding of Democrats in a move that will result in Judge Neil Gorsuch joining the United States Supreme Court by tomorrow.

Senate Republicans deployed the so-called “nuclear option” Thursday in their drive to confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, dramatically changing the way the Senate does business in order to overcome a Democratic filibuster.

In a fast-paced chain of events that clears the way for Gorsuch to be confirmed by Friday evening, majority Republicans changed Senate precedent so that a high court nominee can advance to a final vote with a simple majority of 51 senators, as opposed to 60.

By Senate standards, this was ground-shaking.

Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., declared he did so to “restore norms” and get past what he called an “unprecedented” Democratic filibuster.

Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., countered that the changes could send the Senate and the nomination process “over the cliff.”

Judge Gorsuch is perfectly qualified for the highest court in the land, and partisan attempts to undermine his confirmation by Senate Democrats made them look foolish.

Gorsuch is a textualist who believes that the Constitution written by the Founders doesn’t need “interpretation,” but instead should be viewed as written, a …Read the Rest

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