Fox News anchor Bret Baier joined The Factor with more on the upcoming confirmation process. "Democrats changed the rules," he began, "so that it only requires 51 votes instead of 60 to get cabinet nominees through, but they did not do that 'nuclear option' for Supreme Court nominees. There will be an effort by Democrats to filibuster this nominee because he is only 49 years old and in the mold of Justice Scalia. There are some huge cases on pause and another conservative judge will almost make these rulings go in the conservative direction. But if it reaches the point where Democrats are filibustering Judge Gorsuch, Republicans can invoke the nuclear option and confirmation would only require 51 votes. The Democrats will have a problem because they have ten Senators up for reelection where Donald Trump won more than 60% of the counties, and those Senators will feel a lot of pressure in those states." Baier looked ahead to a bruising and hugely expensive campaign both for and against Judge Gorsuch. "There will be a massive social media and email campaign, there will be television ads, there will be canvassing in the states where these Democrats are facing reelection. Both sides will spend hundreds of millions of dollars! Many nominees get attacked in unbelievable ways, and there will be outside groups that definitely try to go after him."

For more on the nomination and Judge Gorsuch, The Factor turned to Fox News Supreme Court correspondent Shannon Bream. "If my inbox is any indication," she said, "I have already received dozens of emails from groups. People on the left say they are very concerned and most of them are pro-choice groups. Judge Gorsuch has been very critical of the left, and they are already saying he is unqualified and calling on Democrats in the Senate to vote against him. " The Factor was amazed, asking, "How can they say he's possibly unqualified when this guy is sitting on the Federal Appeals Court, has a sterling record, and has the best education on the planet?" 

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