Enemy at the Gate

摘要

Judge Neil Gorsuch has been confirmed as Justice Gorsuch, the 113th person to bear that title in the history of the United States Supreme Court. His road to that appointment was a bumpy one. Senate Democrats-still angry about the Republican majority's refusal to even hold hearings for former President Obama's nominee, Judge Merrick Garland-filibustered Gorsuch's confirmation vote. Republicans' efforts to lure eight Senate Democrats into joining the 52 Republicans in ending the filibuster fell far short, making the confirmation impossible absent a drastic move on the part of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY).