Why Senate Democrats should vote for cloture on Gorsuch’s nomination

This week President Trump’s nominee for the US Supreme Court, Judge Neil Gorsuch, is likely to be confirmed by the Senate – but with few Democratic votes. John D. Rackey and P.C. Peay write that despite their stated intention not to vote for cloture on debate over Gorsuch’s nomination – which will likely lead Senate Republicans to invoke the “nuclear option” to remove the filibuster on Supreme Court nominations – Democratic Senators should vote to curtail debate, but then vote against Gorsuch’s nomination. Such a move, they argue, would show Democratic Senators to be bipartisan while preserving the filibuster and maintaining Senate norms.