There is a way for Dems to block the new Trump Supreme Court Nominee but already a Democrat said

they won't do it.


Once a nomination gets to the full Senate for debate, Democratic senators could filibuster to delay a vote. To end the debate, per Georgetown Law, at least 60 senators need to vote in approval. There are currently 51 Republican senators, 47 Democratic ones, and two Independents, which could mean a blocked, endless debate. However, once the process gets past debate, a nominee only needs a simple majority (i.e. 51 or more senators) vote to get approved. Should there be a tie, the vice president would break it (which, again, would go Republican with Mike Pence).

So there are some bureaucratic measures Democrats could, theoretically, take. However, although Democrats blocked dozens of Trump's nominees for government positions at the beginning of his first term in 2017, per Politico, the process of organizing an effort to delay the appointment of a Supreme Court nomination would take a united message from the Democrats, and political courage — of which they haven't shown a lot of lately, particularly with how they've reacted to Rep. Maxine Waters' adversarial approach to dealing with Trump.

Some Democrats are already indicating that they won't do as McConnell did and try to block Kennedy's replacement. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, of Connecticut, said he hoped Trump would appoint a "centrist" and advised against the Senate opting to "artificially delay" the appointment, according to MSNBC correspondent Garrett Haake.