Following Gorsuch's confirmation, the social justice group Bend the Arc Jewish Action said the Senate had "made a serious and deeply troubling error" in invoking the nuclear option.
"No. 1, it's courageous".
The president told reporters on Air Force One on Thursday he hopes for at least one more vacancy during his administration, but said "there could be as many as four". This is a good day for Trump, for the GOP, and - most importantly - for the Constitution. John McCain (R-Ariz.) said, "I fear that someday we will regret what we are about to do". "For the great state of Colorado, it's an honor to have a fourth-generation Coloradan - a man of the West of grit and determination - join the nation's high court".
Frustrated Democrats grudgingly acknowledged that McConnell got what he wanted and delivered for his party, even as they insisted that the damage done to the Senate in the process would not quickly be forgotten. Although the Republicans enjoy a 52-seat majority in the 100-seat Senate, they still needed eight Democrats to sign on in order to achieve a supermajority totaling 60 votes for cloture.
With the approval, Republican Sen.
The US Supreme Court, Washington, DC., April 6, 2017. And I think that was their goal all along.
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"This is a person of extraordinary credentials who will bring honor to the Supreme Court for many, many years to come".
Judge Gorsuch is viewed as a committed conservative whose beliefs align with the late Scalia, exactly the kind of judge Republicans' meant to place in the ninth Supreme Court seat.
This move indicates a further partisan split and both parties have warned of the court, once relatively bipartisan, becoming more ideologically extreme.
The confirmation was a sign that the uncooperative and bulldozing nature of Senate Republicans will only continue and amplify. The threshold ensured justices had support from a bipartisan coalition of senators, as it's rare for a political party to have a 60-40 majority in the Senate.
Vice President Mike Pence announces the outcome of the vote to confirm Neil Gorsuch as an associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. Gorsuch is a veteran of Denver's 10th U.S. Circuit of Appeals with a history of conservative rulings that make him an intellectual heir to Scalia. Mr Gorsuch repeated his claims that he respected the precedent set by the Supreme Court in that case and others.
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