WATCH LIVE: Senate Holds Confirmation Vote for SCOTUS Nominee Neil Gorsuch

The U.S. Senate will gather on Friday morning for the vote on Neil Gorsuch‘s nomination to become the newest justice of the Supreme Court.

The final decision comes after Senate Republicans invoked the “nuclear option” yesterday to end the use of the filibuster to block Supreme Court nominees. With the rules change, it is highly likely that Gorsuch will be confirmed.

The vote is scheduled to begin at 11:30 a.m. EST:

Watch above, via Fox.

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