President Trump unveiled Neil Gorsuch as his Supreme Court nominee Tuesday night, and if the process goes very smoothly, the court could finally be back to nine members as soon as April—but you won't find many people willing to bet on the process going smoothly. The Washington Post predicts that Gorsuch's confirmation hearings in the Senate will be the most heated in more than a decade. Democrats have already signaled that they plan to filibuster the nomination as retribution for the GOP's blocking of Obama nominee Merrick Garland. "This is a stolen seat," Democratic Sen. Jeff Merkley said in a statement. A roundup of coverage:
- The New York Times, which predicts that the process will drag on for months, looks at the next steps in the process for the conservative judge, including tight scrutiny of Gorsuch's entire career, meetings with senators, mock questioning from a Republican "murder board," and the televised hearings Joe Biden once likened to a "Kabuki dance."