Democrats are going to filibuster Gorsuch. It’s the right thing to do.


Democrats will force Republicans to "go nuclear."

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer’s announced that Democrats will require that 60 senators vote to close debate on Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination bid. In nearly five decades, in only one other instance was a Supreme Court nominee forced to clear the 60-vote procedural hurdle to break a filibuster.

Gorsuch will struggle to clear a 60-vote procedural hurdle, but Republicans have threatened to change Senate rules to ensure his confirmation.


WASHINGTON POST, PAUL WALDMAN