Gorsuch, a federal appeals court judge in Denver, refused repeated attempts to get him to talk about key legal and political issues of the day. Circuit Court of Appeals and said that any implication that he was against autistic children was “heartbreaking.”“I was wrong senator, I was wrong because I was bound by circuit court precedent,” Gorsuch said. Senate Republicans blocked any action on Garland’s nomination all year, and the episode has left Democrats enraged. Republicans control the Senate 52-48, so it would require eight Democrats to move Gorsuch past procedural hurdles that require 60 votes. McConnell could also change Senate rules to confirm Gorsuch with a simple majority, and appears prepared to take that step.

Source: Philippine Daily Inquirer March 22, 2017 21:22 UTC