At the time of Scalia’s passing last year, President Obama had of course nominated Merrick Garland to the court, but the Republican majority refused to even give Garland’s nomination a judicial committee hearing. Here are the five takeaways that I believe are most important from Gorsuch’s nomination process and the impact this particular nomination process will have on the future of the Senate:1. In fact, I believe Judge Gorsuch should have been confirmed without the Republicans having to take the “nuclear option.”2. Yet, in the case of Gorsuch’s nomination, our political polarization extended beyond Congress and into the Supreme Court, with its decision-making power hanging in the balance. Furthermore, if partisanship continues to toxify the Senate, it may only a matter of time before a majority party moves to eliminate the filibuster on legislative matters as well.

Source: Fox News April 07, 2017 16:30 UTC