Democrats weigh all-out war against Trump's Supreme Court pick Neil Gorsuch

Senate Democrats got into several testy exchanges with Judge Neil Gorsuch during Tuesday's 11-hour hearing, which could end up being their opening move in a strategy that calls for doing anything it takes to keep him off the Supreme Court.

With 48 Senate seats, Democrats can't defeat Gorsuch on an up-or-down confirmation vote. But they do have the votes to filibuster his nomination, in effect forcing a 60-vote threshold Republicans cannot meet, and that's a step many on the left are encouraging Democrats to take.

"We want all senators to vote against Judge Gorsuch, including all procedural votes," said Shin Inouye, communications director for the progressive Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights.

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