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Senate Partisanship Casts Shadow on Supreme Court
Top of Mind with Julie Rose
Supreme Court, Right to Repair, Calvin and Hobbes
Episode: Supreme Court, Right to Repair, Calvin and Hobbes
- Apr 6, 2017 11:00 pm
- 17:43 mins
Guest: Kimberly Robinson, Bloomberg BNA Supreme Court reporter Republican Senators invoked what’s known as “the nuclear option” to push past opposition from Democrats and clear the way for Judge Neil Gorsuch’s appointment to the Supreme Court. Much of the drama centers on procedural maneuvers and partisan bickering. The US Supreme Court is supposed to be above politics, but making that argument will become more difficult after the Gorsuch confirmation.