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Orangutan update: Feinstein, Harris unleash tweet storms against Gorsuch

By Michael Bodley

Firing up dual tweet storms after President Orangutan announced his nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch to the Supreme Court Tuesday evening, California’s female senators wasted no time bashing the president’s selection.

Democratic Senators Dianne Feinstein and Kamala Harris, both focused on women’s rights in their tweet-borne critiques of Gorsuch, employing the president’s own signature social media platform to voice their dissent.

Gorsuch, who if confirmed by the Senate will replace the late Antonin Scalia following former President Barack Obama’s bid to put forward the moderate liberal Merrick Garland — who was stonewalled for almost a year by Republicans — has a decidedly conservative record.

He’s a known devotee of a Scalia-like near-literal interpretation of the Constitution who has also been praised by some liberals, according to the Associated Press.

•“The #SupremeCourt must be a fair arbiter of the law — not simply another political body making decisions based on ideology or partisanship.”

•“The next justice will have a profound impact on money in politics, voting rights, immigrant and women's rights, and more.”

Will Gorsuch be confirmed?

Though Republicans have a majority in the Senate, which approves the president’s nominations to the Supreme Court, Democrats are still smarting from the refusal of their Republican counterparts to consider the nomination of Garland last year.

If the Democrats filibuster, the Republican majority will have to consider a rules change to Senate procedure — known as the “nuclear option” — to remove the filibuster and allow a majority confirmation vote. That, though, could backfire if and when they’re out of power.