SCOTUS-Watch: It's Gorsuch!

[The Other Castro]

I'm not saying not to fight, just that people shouldn't reasonably expect that Gorsuch's confirmation will be prevented.

[Cashew]

"I voted for him before in a unanimous vote, but good God I could never vote for him now because he's Trump's Obama's nominee."

Expect a lot of that.

Somebody's late to the party.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Regardless of how badly Democrats want to stop this and how deservedly pissed they are about Garland's seat being stolen, this is simply a fight that cannot be won. Neil Gorsuch may be a conservative, but he is too qualified for Democrats to stay grouped against his confirmation. Enough cracks will appear.   

Gorsuch is to the right of Scalia...

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Paul will vote for Gorsuch. Warner and Manchin probably will too.

[Chief Justice Keef]

[100% pro-life no matter what]

I would guess all Republicans plus Manchin, Donnelly, Heitkamp, McCaskill, Tester, Warner, and Casey will support Gorsuch.  That's 59 votes for him.

[Xing]

Yuck. Well, those of us on the left should be accustomed to expecting the worst now, even though Trump usually manages to be worse than the worst.

[#TheShadowyAbyss]

Protestors outside of the SC shouting "WE WILL NOT GO BACK!"

[The Other Castro]

Sherrod Brown has announced his opposition to Gorsuch.

[Chief Justice Keef]

Warning sign for Dems looking to block this:

Manu Raju ‏@mkraju  6m6 minutes ago
Sen. Mark Warner, a rare D offering praise for Gorsuch, saying he has an "impressive resume and academic background."

Warner should get primaried in 2020. What a cuck.

[publicunofficial]

Sherrod Brown has announced his opposition to Gorsuch.

FFF!!! (Freedom Fighter Forever)

[The Other Castro]

Ed Markey has also announced his opposition.

Cortez-Masto says Gorsuch needs intense scrutiny, but doesn't say how she'll vote.

Schumer says he has serious doubts about Gorsuch, and that the Senate must insist on 60 votes.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Protestors outside of the SC shouting "WE WILL NOT GO BACK!"

Are they going to protest everything? The public at large will tune them out soon.

[publicunofficial]

Protestors outside of the SC shouting "WE WILL NOT GO BACK!"

Are they going to protest everything? The public at large will tune them out soon.

"Are they going to protest everything? The public at large will tune them out soon." - Me, watching the news circa early 2010.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Protestors outside of the SC shouting "WE WILL NOT GO BACK!"

Are they going to protest everything? The public at large will tune them out soon.

"Are they going to protest everything? The public at large will tune them out soon." - Me, watching the news circa early 2010.

The Tea Party as you knew it then died in 2013. I don't see the connection.

[Antonio the Sixth]

Any Democrat who doesn't filibuster is a traitor and must be primaried.

[Chancellor Tanterterg]

Which Republicans would vote against Gorsuch and which Dems would vote for him? Maybe Manchin and Paul could be defectors, but that's about it, unless I'm underestimating Collins.

LOL. Collins is not a moderate despite her pretend appearances, and Paul wouldn't dare cross McConnell on something like this. I think he gets to 60 fairly easily anyway. Heitkamp, Manchin, Donnelly, Tester, McCaskill, Warner, King, and Baldwin seem like the most obvious path, but a few more could jump on. Though if I were Schumer, I'd want to get rid of the nuclear option anyway, that way when D's do eventually win the majority, they can use the rules already intact.

Baldwin won't vote for a right-wing nutjob like Gorsuch and I could easily see King (and quite possibly Tester and McCaskill) voting to filibuster.

[ApatheticAustrian]

but but but be happy democrats, he is a liberal and gonna be the third obama term, blah blah blah.

[publicunofficial]

Protestors outside of the SC shouting "WE WILL NOT GO BACK!"

Are they going to protest everything? The public at large will tune them out soon.

"Are they going to protest everything? The public at large will tune them out soon." - Me, watching the news circa early 2010.

The Tea Party as you knew it then died in 2013. I don't see the connection.

Nothing of importance happened between it's birth and death?

[Kingpoleon]

Neil Gorsuch seems like the best on this list.

Yes! Let's confirm him, as once Kennedy retires he might be our swing vote.

[Person Man]

I would guess all Republicans plus Manchin, Donnelly, Heitkamp, McCaskill, Tester, Warner, and Casey will support Gorsuch.  That's 59 votes for him.

LOL, McCaskill and Tester will not support him.

I'm sure they'll wait til the filibuster is nuked and then vote for him when it doesn't matter. Yes, I wrote "for." McCaskill and Tester are liberals, but they're not dumb and they know their states.

I think Tester will have an easier time that McCaskill.

[MT Treasurer]

I'm sure they'll wait til the filibuster is nuked and then vote for him when it doesn't matter. Yes, I wrote "for." McCaskill and Tester are liberals, but they're not dumb and they know their states.

Even then I don't see them voting for him. Tester doesn't want to infuriate his liberal base in Montana and McCaskill doesn't really care anyway. Few voters in Montana or Missouri will change their mind on whether to vote for their Senator or not just because they happened to support the president's Supreme Court nominee.

I think what will happen is this: Either Gorsuch will be confirmed without a filibuster (in which case he is Souter 2.0) or the filibuster will be nuked. No conservative will be confirmed by the Senate without the nuclear option, obviously.

[MarkD]

Warning sign for Dems looking to block this:

Manu Raju ‏@mkraju  6m6 minutes ago
Sen. Mark Warner, a rare D offering praise for Gorsuch, saying he has an "impressive resume and academic background."

So what? A Senator can say that a nominee has an impressive resume and academic background -- like Robert Bork had 30 years ago -- but could still end up saying that the nominee is just too conservative, which was the reason for opposing Bork.

[publicunofficial]

I really don't envision a post-election write-up that says something like: "Claire McCaskill came close to winning, but her No vote on Gorsuch did her in"

[The Other Castro]

Elizabeth Warren has also announced her opposition.