By Byron Tau, Wall Street Journal:
Democrats promise a filibuster while Republicans threaten the ‘nuclear option’
More than half the Democrats in the Senate now say they will vote against President Donald Trump’s nominee to the Supreme Court, setting up an acrimonious showdown over Judge Neil Gorsuch’s bid to fill the seat left vacant by Antonin Scalia’s death last year.
The battle shows signs of becoming bitter, with Democrats promising a filibuster, Republicans threatening to invoke a rules change known as the “nuclear option,” and Democrats essentially daring them to try.
As of Tuesday afternoon, more than two dozen Senate Democrats had said they would vote no on Mr. Gorsuch’s nomination, while no Democrats had said they would vote yes.
The Senate Judiciary Committee is scheduled to vote on the nomination next Monday, with a vote in the full Senate coming later in the week.
Senate Democratic leaders say they support an attempted filibuster of Judge Gorsuch’s nomination to a lifetime appointment on the court, citing concerns about his record of judicial decisions while serving on the federal 10th Circuit Court of Appeals and about his independence from the Trump administration.
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