‘A Democratic senator has said he will not vote for Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee because of a constitutional crisis that may be “looming” and which could result in the president’s impeachment.
Richard Blumenthal, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said he would vote against Neil Gorsuch, not only at Monday’s committee meeting – where an 11-9 vote along party lines sent Mr Gorsuch’s nomination to the full Senate – but on Friday when that full Senate vote to confirm Mr Trump’s nominee for the country’s top court will take place.
Democrats have revealed they have 41 senators who will vote against the 49-year-old judge on Friday, enough to filibuster the nomination.’