Blocking Donald Trump’s nominee would deny the President a victory, and buoy Democratic voters who want to see their party flex its muscles, writes Julian Zelizer.
Julian Zelizer , a history and public affairs professor at Princeton University and a New America fellow, is the author of » The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress, and the Battle for the Great Society. » He’s co-host of the «Politics & Polls» podcast. The opinions expressed in this commentary are his own.
(CNN) Now that Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer seems to have lined up the votes needed to sustain a filibuster against Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch, the Democrats need to make a decision about whether to deploy that weapon. The Senate Judiciary Committee approved the nomination Monday, voting along party lines, moving the Gorsuch question to the Senate floor.
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