Many senators are concerned that getting rid of the 60-vote filibuster for legislation would make it so whichever party is in the majority could ram bills through and diminish the Senate's traditional role of slowing down legislation and finding bipartisan solutions.
"No. 1, it's courageous". James Inhofe, R-Okla.
Gorsuch was confirmed Friday by a vote of 54-45 after the Republican majority mirrored a Democratic strategy employed in 2013 to lower the number of required votes to confirm judicial nominees.
Speaking on the Senate floor, McConnell said Gorsuch is "going to make the American people proud" on the Supreme Court.
"The practical result of where we are now is we're back to where we were as late as 2000", said McConnell, pointing out that even Clarence Thomas got onto the court without a filibuster, despite highly contentious confirmation hearings regarding sexual harassment claims from Anita Hill. In McConnell's view, the Democrats had no viable objection against the SCOTUS nominee.
The Senate has voted to confirm federal Judge Neil Gorsuch of Colorado to the Supreme Court (SCOTUS), concluding concluding a controversial period of the court being without a full bench for over a year.
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On April 19, the court will hear a religious rights case in which a church contends Missouri violated the U.S. Constitution's guarantee of religious freedom by denying it funds for a playground project due to a state ban on aid to religious organizations. "But no, I don't think the nuclear option has any impact". "So it is successful". Marjorie Dannenfelser, president of the Susan B. Anthony List, stated that "the swift fulfillment of President Trump's commitment to appoint pro-life Supreme Court justices is a tremendous win for the pro-life movement".
Liberal groups called for an all-out fight to reject Gorsuch, a staunch conservative who is likely to vote "to limit gay rights, uphold restrictions on abortion, and invalidate affirmative action programmes", according to a study that analyses the ideologies of potential Supreme Court nominees.
Gorsuch's rise is a rare bright spot for Trump amid court rulings halting his immigration order, Republicans' inability to agree on an Obamacare repeal, and investigations of potential connections between Russian Federation and Trump's presidential campaign. "Judge Gorsuch is a very conservative judge and not one that I would have chosen".
The GOP's decision to invoke the "nuclear option" has raised concerns Trump or future presidents will be able to pick more ideologically extreme judges if they only need majority support.
Gorsuch will be sworn in Monday with a private ceremony at the court to be followed by a public oath-taking at the White House, the court said in a statement. Joe Manchin (W.Va.), Joe Donnelly (Ind.) and Heidi Heitkamp (N.D.) voted yes on Gorsuch's nomination. Sen.
Gorsuch is expected to join a conservative-leaning voting bloc of justices, making five on the nine-member court.
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