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Originally Posted by JD Barleycorn
...for the first time in history a Supreme Court nominee is being filibustered. The democrats are the ones changing the rules. McConnell is just putting things back to 2003 and the way they were for over 200 years.
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Correction: this is the first time a SCOTUS nominee was filibustered on
a purely partisan basis, i.e. by one party only. I believe at least one previous nominee was subject to a
bipartisan filibuster - was it Abe Fortas (under LBJ)?
Until today, Senators only tried to filibuster if the nominee was clearly unqualified.
Thank, Chucky Schumer. Thanks, Dems. Why don't you start another race to the bottom?
Here's an idea - why not replace the Senate filibuster with the sit-in?