Well, I predicted this on Twitter. (right now I’m running at about 95%, missing only Sessions’ recusal).
When I saw that Yertle said that Gorsuch WOULD be confirmed, that told me it was a done deal, cuz Yertle NEVER says anything like that (i.e., definitively). Personally, I think this was an absolute quid pro quo for Trump putting Yertle’s wife in the cabinet. I do not know what else was part of that arrangement-—but possibly more nukes.
I do have one question: this SEEMS to open this option for every other Trump nominee. If true, the Dems are peeing their Depenz
It restores normal "majority rule" function for all judicial nominees. Deviation from that common practice and allowing minority veto of judges was implemented by the DEMs in 2001, and acquiesced by the leftist GOP players (see "gang of 14").
Admired your analysis during the election, and wanted to get your early view on the Senate situation in 2018.
Do you think the Republicans get 60 seats in 2018?
The era of Trump is ‘unmasking’ the ways and means of the political class. The political class are the modern day ‘slave’ holders.. and I am not impressed with the muck McConnell occasionally pops his long neck from on any given day. He needs to act like he is really the leader and not a prop in name only. These lord and ladies of the political class took an oath to protect and defend our Constitution.. one does not need a ‘Harvard’ law school education to fulfill that oath.