Democrats' best hope to stall Trump's next Supreme Court justice just collapsed
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- Democrats' best hope of blocking President Donald Trump's upcoming Supreme Court nomination just fizzled out.
- Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona said he wouldn't block Trump's nominee from getting out of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
- Flake had blocked lower court nominees in hopes of getting a Senate vote to curtail Trump's tariff powers.
Democrats' best hope of blocking President Donald Trump's upcoming Supreme Court nomination just fizzled out.
On Thursday, Republican Sen. Jeff Flake of Arizona said he would not try to block Trump's nominee to replace Justice Anthony Kennedy, who announced his retirement from the high court on Wednesday, in exchange for a vote to curtail Trump's tariff powers.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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