Friday’s vote was only possible after the Senate discarded longstanding rules meant to ensure mature deliberation and bipartisan cooperation in considering Supreme Court nominees. The confirmation saga did not help the reputation of the Supreme Court, either. Advertisement Continue reading the main storyJudge Gorsuch possesses the credentials typical of the modern Supreme Court justice. He will be the first former Supreme Court clerk to serve alongside a former boss. “Every time a new justice comes to the Supreme Court,” Justice White liked to say, “it’s a different court.”Advertisement Continue reading the main storyThe court has been short-handed since Justice Scalia’s death on Feb. 13, 2016.

Source: New York Times April 07, 2017 15:43 UTC