The Democrats' Gorsuch Gambit
By James Arkin & Caitlin Huey-Burns
RCP Staff
April 04, 2017
Democrats secured enough votes Monday to filibuster President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, setting up a showdown with Republicans who have vowed to fill the court vacancy this week, even if it means eliminating the filibuster for all future court nominees.
In promising an unprecedented filibuster of Trump’s nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch, Democrats appear to have made the political calculation that they have little to gain from supporting Gorsuch’s nomination, and that they are better off politically in opposing anything Donald Trump touches.
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