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Senator Tom Carper: A No Vote on Neal Gorsuch

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Senator Tom Carper says he will vote no on the nomination of Judge Neal Gorsuch to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Citing the refusal of Republicans to consider President Obama’s choice for the bench Judge Merrick Garland last year the Delaware Democrat said he believed it would be inappropriate to approve president’s Trump’s nominee.

He noted that Garland waited 293 for a hearing and vote that never came while a hearing on Gorsuch took place 48 days after his nomination.

Carper said that moving the Gorsuch nomination forward would send a signal that partisanship is acceptable in Supreme Court appointments.

He ended his statement by saying that there must be an agreement on moving Garland’s nomination forward before a vote could be held on the Gorsuch.

Don Rush is the News Director at Delmarva Public Media. An award-winning journalist, Don reports major local issues of the day, from sea level rise, to urban development, to the changing demographics of Delmarva.