Now McConnell can take credit for allowing Trump to put a young conservative on the court for life, even though it took changing Senate rules to do it. "And now we have a great justice on the Supreme Court." That's because the change will apply to all future Supreme Court nominees, too, eliminating any need for input from the minority party in making confirmations to the high court. "We now have a radical right-wing justice on the Supreme Court. McConnell said after the election that he didn't think Trump had a chance of winning or Republicans of holding their Senate majority.

Source: Economic Times April 08, 2017 17:03 UTC