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Neil Gorsuch Sworn in as Newest Supreme Court Justice

The filibuster led by the Senate Democrats was ultimately futile when the Republicans retaliated by triggering the nuclear option to end the bitter battle over Scalia’s vacant seat and confirm Neil Gorsuch as the next Supreme Court Justice in a 54 to 45 vote last Friday. Gorsuch was sworn in as the 113th Justice on [...]

Gorsuch’s Confirmation and Senate Democrats Revisted

Kaitlin Naylor2019-03-18T18:47:18-05:00March 15th, 2017|Tags: confirmation, neil gorsuch, nominee, Supreme Court|

There is less than one week to go before Neil Gorsuch’s confirmation hearings begin and the political landscape continues to reflect the tension between the need to fill Scalia’s long-vacant seat and the conflicting demands placed on the Senators themselves, from both the party and their voters. Previously, we discussed that the Republicans would need [...]