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Conn. Congressional delegation weighs in on SCOTUS nominee

4th District Congressman Jim Himes is taking a hard line on President Trump's Supreme Court nominee.  Himes said fairness demands that the Senate not confirm Judge Gorsuch unless he is as qualified and as moderate a jurist as Judge Merrick Garland. 

 

He added that Garland, by any standard of decency, should occupy this Supreme Court seat.  Himes took his colleagues on the other side of the aisle to task in a written statement saying that their cynical and unprecedented ploy denied President Obama his constitutional right to appoint a Justice.

 

Connecticut's two U.S. Senators say they want to carefully study President Trump's Supreme Court nominee. 

 

Senator Chris Murphy says he wants a Justice who is not an ideological partisan.  He added that he will make his decision based on whether Gorsuch meets the straightforward expectation that he will fairly interpret the law, uphold the Constitution, and keep politics out of the courtroom. 

 

Senator Richard Blumenthal says Congress should strive to insulate the Court from partisan politics.  He will support a hearing and a vote, but if he concludes that Gorsuch is out of the mainstream, Blumenthal says he will pursue every legal tool available to block his nomination.

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