**Schumer: Democrats will filibuster Gorsuch nomination** [View all]
I never thought I would see the day.
Judge Neil Gorsuch, President Trumps pick to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, faced a critical blow on Thursday as Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.) said he would join with other Democrats in filibustering the nomination a move that could complicate his confirmation and lead to a total revamp of how the U.S. Senate conducts its business.
If this nominee cannot earn 60 votes a bar met by each of President Obamas nominees, and George Bushs last two nominees the answer isnt to change the rules. Its to change the nominee, he said.
In a Senate floor speech, Schumer said that Gorsuch was unable to sufficiently convince me that hed be an independent check on Trump. He said later that the judge is not a neutral legal mind but someone with a deep-seated conservative ideology. He was groomed by the Federalist Society and has shown not one inch of difference between his views and theirs.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/gorsuch-confirmation-hearing-to-focus-today-on-testimony-from-friends-foes/2017/03/23/14d21116-0fc7-11e7-9d5a-a83e627dc120_story.html?utm_term=.205a4238b6e8