With so many distressing things happening in the White House and Congress as an impetuous, President Donald Trump and a giddy Republican Party take complete control of the country, Trump’s nomination for the U.S. Supreme Court isn’t an issue.

Trump has nominated Colorado appeals court Judge Neil Gorsuch for the high court’s long-vacant ninth seat, and the Senate should give his nomination a prompt hearing and, if approved by the committee, a full vote of the Senate.

the temptation is great for Democrats to inflict upon Republicans the same weasel tactics that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and others inflicted upon President Barack Obama’s rightful nominee for that seat last year, they shouldn’t go there. There is no doubt what Senate Republicans did regarding the Merrick Garland nomination was little more than a petty, juvenile, unfair and dangerous political sham. And what can be more satisfying for the rest of the world to watch a bully get their much-deserved comeuppance? But more acrimony and a weakened court would be the only victory for any Democratic tit for tat. The judge of Republican bad behavior must come from voters or sanctioned oversight committees.

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