GOP Senators Trigger Nuclear Option to Confirm Far-Right Judge Neil Gorsuch
April 7, 2017
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7:29Now PlayingGOP Senators Trigger Nuclear Option to Confirm Far-Right Judge Neil Gorsuch
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as posted by the channelNeil Gorsuch has been confirmed to the Supreme Court in a final Senate vote today, replacing Justice Antonin Scalia nearly 14 months after Scalia’s death. This comes after senators voted along party lines Thursday for a historic rule change that allows Supreme Court justices to be confirmed by a simple majority. We are joined by Ian Millhiser, senior fellow at the Center for American Progress Action Fund, editor of ThinkProgress Justice and author of "InjusticesThe Supreme Court’s History of Comforting the Comfortable and Afflicting the Afflicted."
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