Senate Minority Leader Charles Schumer says that Supreme Court nominee Neil Gorsuch will be confirmed only if he garners 60 votes in the upper chamber. That’s code for a filibuster—though Mr. Schumer did not use the “f-word” in a series of tweets announcing the 60-vote “prerequisite.”

It’s a potentially dangerous maneuver. Using the filibuster to block Judge Gorsuch — rather than reserving it for a future court fight – could have disastrous consequences for Democrats in the short term, the medium term and the long term.

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