It now appears increasingly likely that 41 or more Democratic senators will take the unprecedented step this week of filibustering a qualified Supreme Court nominee. As William Kristol wrote in the following WEEKLY STANDARD editorial, Senate Republicans shouldn’t hesitate to defend the Constitution and confirm Judge Neil Gorsuch with a simple majority:
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer isn’t a happy warrior. He loves the spotlight, but everyone’s paying more attention to his colleagues Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders. He hoped to be majority leader, but Republicans surprised most observers by holding the Senate on Election Day. He fulminated throughout 2016 against the decision by Republicans to deny President Barack Obama Supreme Court nominee Merrick Garland a hearing, let alone a vote, but his GOP counterpart, Mitch McConnell, showed how it’s done by succeeding in holding his caucus together behind that strategy.
