3 ms·

They have enough Senators to filibuster a nomination. AFAICT it's unclear whether the Republicans would, or even could, do away with the Senate's power to fili

They have enough Senators to filibuster a nomination. AFAICT it's unclear whether the Republicans would, or even could, do away with the Senate's power to filibuster a Supreme Court nomination over this. At any rate, everyone on Trump's short list of nominees seems basically no worse than Scalia, so things shouldn't change too dramatically for now.

mikeash 10y ago
My mistake, SCOTUS nominees are still subject to filibuster, it was just rolled back for cabinet nominees. Although it could be changed.
pmoriarty 10y ago
No worse than Scalia is a pretty low bar.