consequences going forward. neil gorsuch is 49. we ve got other senior members of the supreme court who may leave, who may retire. and these are going to be seats that could be open for donald trump to fill as well. it makes going down this route makes it much easier to confirm candidates who are even further to the right on the political litmus test spectrum still used for the supreme court. what is a shame here is that democrats seem to be coalescing. i think claire mccaskill put it strongly in her note yesterday saying i will support a filibuster, but she is so troubled by the long-term consequences that this will leave. and she knows the lasting repercussions this could be in terms of heightening partisanship, heightening partisanship in a washington that frankly is fundamentally broken. it s not like i understand the argument, resist, don t normalize president trump. i understand that argument. this isn t about president trump. no. and if they go nuclear and they do change t