Judge Gorsuch confirmed as new Supreme Court Justice

By Chris Eger

Supreme Court Justice nominee Neil Gorsuch smiles on Capitol Hill in Washington, March 20 (Photo: CSPAN)
After using the “nuclear option” Friday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Judge Neil Gorsuch to replace the late Justice Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court.
U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, moved to short-cut a Democrat-led filibuster of Gorsuch by choosing to pass future Supreme Court nominees on a simple majority vote.
In the end, 54 Senators gave the jurist a thumb’s up, including all the chamber’s present Republicans and three Democrats from states where President Trump won in last November’s general election — Joe Donnelly of Indiana, Heidi Heitkamp of North Dakota and Joe Manchin of West Virginia.
“It didn’t have to be this way. But today is a new day. I hope my Democratic friends will take this moment to reflect and, perhaps, consider a turning point in their outlook going forward,” McConnell said in a statement. “The Senate has a number of important issues to consider in the coming months. Each Member, if he or she chooses, can play a critical part in that process.”
A group of 61 lawmakers in the Senate — including several Republicans from deep red states — penned a letter to

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