The Gorsuch Supreme Court nomination went through today on a party line vote in the Senate, ending for good the sometimes observed convention of Supreme Court nominations being filibustered by the opposition. Harry Reid, McConnell's predecessor in the Senate Majority Leader role, had already taken this step for lower court nominations. Had the Democrats won control last November the same thing would surely have happened to get any Democratic nominee approved. It's a sign of the extent of partisa ....
