Senate Republicans Force Historic Rule Change to Advance Gorsuch
- New rule bars minority from blocking Supreme Court nominees
- GOP-led change clears way for Gorsuch confirmation Friday
GOP Launches 'Nuclear Option' on Supreme Court Vote
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Senate Republicans ignited the "nuclear option" to allow confirmation of President Donald Trump’s U.S. Supreme Court nominee and bar Democrats from blocking future picks, a dramatic rule change that could deepen partisan divisions and put more ideologically extreme justices on the court.
The 52-48 party-line vote called for by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell Thursday will let the Senate confirm Neil Gorsuch on Friday to take a court seat that Republicans refused to let President Barack Obama fill during his last year in office.