Schumer: Gorsuch Sides “Far Too Often” with the Powerful Over Everyday Americans
Senate Democrats are starting to lay the groundwork for opposition to President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee.
FOX’s Jared Halpern has more from Capitol Hill:
Confirmation to the Supreme Court still takes 60 votes in the Senate and that means Judge Neil Gorsuch will need support from at least eight Democrats to overcome a filibuster:
(Schumer) “Far too often he sides with the powerful few over everyday Americans just trying to get a fair shake.”
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer on the Senate floor and in a news conference painted Gorsuch as a judge who favors big business:
(Schumer) “Now Judge Gorsuch may act like a studied, neutral judge. But his record suggests he actually has a right-wing, pro corporate, special interests agenda.”
The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee, Dianne Feinstein, says Gorsuch hasn’t answered written questions requested before next week’s hearing about his role in Bush administration decisions about anti-terror detentions and interrogations.
On Capitol Hill, Jared Halpern, FOX News.
