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Professor: Democrats picked wrong Supreme Court battle
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In this March 21, 2017, file photo, Supreme Court Justice nominee Judge Neil Gorsuch explains mutton busting, an event held at rodeos similar to bull riding or bronc riding, in which children ride or race sheep, as he testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. - photo by Susan Walsh
Charles Bullock suggested Democrats in the U.S. Senate made a mistake Thursday in seeking to block a vote on Neil Gorsuch, President Donald Trump’s nominee for the Supreme Court. In response, Republicans changed the rules to require only 51 votes, rather than 60, to bring a Supreme Court nominee to a vote, paving the way for Gorsuch to likely be approved by Friday and take his seat on the high court soon. With Gorsuch being nominated earlier this year for the seat held by Antonin Scalia at the time of Scalia’s death in February 2016, Bullock said this nomination wasn’t going to change the ideological makeup of the court.