Senate Republicans deployed the “nuclear option” against all better judgement. With this action, they have effectively turned themselves into a carbon copy of the dysfunctional House. The Senate is supposed to be above this sort of infighting, representing a more measured type of action. Very importantly, Republicans do NOT get to pay lip service to the morality of NOT doing an action…and then go ahead and DO it!
There is simply no correct reason to make this horrific change in the Senate’s rules. If a nominee cannot get enough votes, then the nomination is supposed to change to a more equitable nominee for both sides. We are NOT supposed to see extremists on EITHER side get shoved through based on the bad behavior of one man — in this case Mitch McConnell.
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Senate Republicans Deploy ‘Nuclear Option’ to Clear Path for Gorsuch
nytimes.com
With the filibuster done, Republicans abandoned long-held practices and lifted President Trump’s nominee, Neil M. Gorsuch, with a simple majority vote.