Vice-President Mike Pence pledged on Saturday that supreme court nominee Neil Gorsuch will join the nation’s highest court “one way or the other”. The Senate held no hearings or votes on Merrick Garland, the supreme court candidate that Obama put forward. Pence said Gorsuch had already met 12 senators from both parties and was willing to meet with all 100 senators. “Judge Neil Gorsuch should not be the first,” he said. Oxford scholar who was mentor to Neil Gorsuch compared gay sex to bestiality Read more“Rest assured, we will work with the Senate leadership to ensure that Judge Gorsuch gets an up-or-down vote on the Senate floor – one way or the other,” Pence said.

Source: The Guardian February 04, 2017 19:30 UTC