WASHINGTON—The confirmation battle over Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch, shaping up as the most contentious in a quarter-century, is less about his qualifications than the propriety of his appointment and the bitterness of the country’s divided politics. Many Democrats see Judge Gorsuch as a usurper, an illegitimate pretender to the Supreme Court seat that rightfully belongs to Merrick Garland, the Barack Obama nominee whom...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 31, 2017 17:57 UTC