Liberal group running ads against Gorsuch nomination – Washington Times

A liberal group that was formed to fight for the confirmation of Judge Merrick G. Garland to the Supreme Court is now trying to derail President Trumps nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch.

The Constitutional Responsibility Project continued to run ads Wednesday urging voters to tell Democrats to vote against the conformation of Judge Gorsuch, claiming that he ruled against a disabled boy and the boys father, who wanted the best for his autistic son.

Thankfully the Supreme Court voted unanimously to reject Gorsuchs heartless approach, the narrator says in the ad. Now Donald Trump wants to give Gorsuch a lifetime appointment on that same court. Only the Senate can stop him. Tells Senator [Jeff] Flake, Our children deserve better. Vote no on Gorsuch.

The Senate Judiciary Committee is expected to vote on the confirmation of Judge Gorsuch early next week, passing it along to the full Senate for a vote later in the week.

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Kentucky Republican, said this week that Judge Gorsuch will win confirmation.

Meanwhile, Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, New York Democrat, plans to require a 60-vote threshold on the vote, which could force the GOP to rely on the so-called nuclear option and pass Judge Gorsuch on a simple majority vote.

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Liberal group running ads against Gorsuch nomination - Washington Times