Democrats to block Trump judicial nominees, Schumer vows

With Democrats set to control the Senate and at least 54 seats, Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has pledged to block any "right-winger" Trump names to the Supreme Court and reject "crappy nominees" to the federal judiciary or Cabinet. The shift erases prospects of Trump expanding his conservative supermajority, though neither Samuel Alito nor Clarence Thomas has signaled imminent retirement.