Senate Republicans deployed the “nuclear option” after Democrats blocked the controversial confirmation of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court, deepening divisions between the two parties in Congress. Now, any Supreme Court nominee could be approved with a simple majority, establishing a legislative precedent that could facilitate the arrival of more conservative judges during the Trump era and shift the judicial system rightward in the coming decades. José López Zamorano has the details from Washington
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