After the Democratsโ performance at Alitoโs hearing, it should come as no surprise that they arenโt living up to their end of the gentlemenโs agreement that was reached in early November. With their delay of the Senate Judiciary Committee vote from tomorrow until January 24, look for Senate floor debate to begin on January 25, with a final Senate vote on Alitoโs confirmation no earlier than January 27 and as late as January 31 (the date of the Presidentโs State of the Union address).
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Ed Whelan holds the Antonin Scalia Chair in Constitutional Studies at the Ethics and Public Policy Center and is a regular contributor to National Reviewโs Bench Memos blog.
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