Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer says that Dems will block Supreme Court nomination... [View all]

I was rather shocked that I did not see this posted here. Rachel Maddow did an interview with Schumer and Sanders tonight. In the interview with Schumer he basically said that because any nominee that Republicans would support Democrats could not also support, that he intends to filibuster any Supreme Court nominee. He also said that this means that Republicans are going to have to go nuclear, but he said he doesn't think they have enough votes to do that because there are some Republicans who still respect the Senate as an institution.

Regardless, he just said that he plans to hold the Scalia seat open for the next four years. This is major news.

The rest of the interview was good as well. He outlined what he meant by, "working with Donald Trump" which essentially means embracing Democratic bills.

I have given Schumer a lot of crap since the election, but his interview tonight with Rachel helped alleviate a lot of my fears and concerns. Now, we just have to see him back up his words with actions--that is where the rubber meets the road. The message was good and strong, though.