‘The fight came to us’: Schumer the judicial warrior heads into SCOTUS battle
Posted on AllSides February 3rd, 2022
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Chuck Schumer’s full-circle moment on judges has arrived.
The New Yorker has spent two decades as a field general in the Senate's judicial wars, with the GOP repeatedly steamrolling him in recent years. Now, he has a golden opportunity to command and win a Supreme Court battle as Democratic leader.
As minority leader, Schumer watched Senate Republicans confirm three Supreme Court justices under former President Donald Trump following their blockade of high-court nominee Merrick Garland. Schumer desperately tried to disrupt that Garland gambit in 2016 and fought Trump's nominees hard, just as...
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