Dems Block Trump Court Pick As GOP Readies ‘Nuclear Option’

WASHINGTON (AP) — Democrats blocked President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee with a historic filibuster on the Senate floor Thursday, but their victory was short-lived.
Republicans prepared to strike back with a Senate rules change that would put Judge Neil Gorsuch on the court anyway and eliminate the filibuster for all future Supreme Court candidates.
The vote was 55-45, short of the 60 needed to advance Gorsuch over procedural hurdles to a final vote. All 44 Democrats and in