His blocking of Merrick Garland, President Barack Obama’s nominee to the Supreme Court, is the most infamous case but hardly a lonely example. As minority leader, Mr. McConnell also blockaded Mr. Obama’s nominees to the powerful U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit. Fast-forward to President Trump’s nomination of Neil M. Gorsuch in 2017 to replace the late Antonin Scalia on the Supreme Court. Moreover, the more often the nuclear option is used, the more it becomes a normal way of doing business in the Senate. Like Mr. Reid before him, Mr. McConnell was reckless to rewrite the rules.

Source: Washington Post April 04, 2019 23:28 UTC