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Democrats Are Right to Oppose Gorsuch, but They’re Doing It All Wrong

MYSTIFYING

By making the fight about the Supreme Court nominee’s alleged bias rather than the Republican dirty tricks of 2016, Democrats risk harming the nomination process—and losing the vote.

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Senate Democrats are right to oppose the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, but they’re doing it all wrong, and endangering our democracy in the process.

Someone has decided that the Democrats’ best argument against Judge Gorsuch is that he favors fat cats over little guys, be they...

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