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Thursday, April 6, 2017
US Democrats block Trump nominee to high court
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleUS Senate Democrats block the nomination of President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch.
The Senate voted 55-45 to successfully filibuster the nomination of Gorsuch. Republicans are planning to unilaterally change Senate rules to remove a 60-vote filibuster requirement for Gorsuch and all future Supreme Court nominees, reducing it to a simple majority in the 100-member Senate.
Democrats opposing Gorsuch say they believe he would favor corporations over workers and would be on the far right of the court.
They are also angry over the Republican blockade last year of President Barack Obama’s nominee for the same seat, Merrick Garland.
If confirmed, Gorsuch will fill the vacancy created by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in February 2016, 14 months ago.
— AP
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