Conservatives Pressure 12 Democrats on Supreme Court Pick

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Conservatives Pressure 12 Democrats on Supreme Court Pick

Caleb Ecarma / February 05, 2017 / comments

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., right, meets with Judge Neil Gorsuch. (Photo: Bill Clark/CQ Roll Call/Newscom)

Two conservative advocacy organizations hope to stop Senate Democrats from blocking President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.

“The focus is to put pressure on Democratic senators to decide between following the will of American people and the voters in their state or to follow Sen. Chuck Schumer and the radical left down a path of obstructionism,” Judicial Crisis Network senior adviser Gary Marx told The Daily Signal.

The Judicial Crisis Network and Heritage Action for America have both launched campaigns to bolster the confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court. Gorsuch, currently a judge on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, was nominated by Trump to fill the seat of the late Antonin Scalia.

http://dailysignal.com/2017/02/05/conservatives-pressure-12-democrats-on-supreme-court-pick/

[Maj. Bill Martin]

I'm not sure this is a good strategy.  Let them fall on their swords and force the nuclear option so we can use it for subsequent confirmations.  The press on Gorsuch has been pretty positive, and it's not likely to help them opposing him.  So why let them off the hook instead of just letting them commit the unforced error on their own?

[cato potatoe]

I'm not sure this is a good strategy.  Let them fall on their swords and force the nuclear option so we can use it for subsequent confirmations.  The press on Gorsuch has been pretty positive, and it's not likely to help them opposing him.  So why let them off the hook instead of just letting them commit the unforced error on their own?

Could be they don't have 51 votes for the nuke.  Lisa Murkowski, Susan Collins, and Lindsey Graham can not be relied upon.  There may be others.