[MtnClimber]

I heard that the senate filibuster law has only been in place since Bush 43 and has never been used to block a Cupreme Court nominee. The rule was repealed under Harry Reid to pack the lower courts with marxists and then was imposed again. I say trash it and ram it down the democRATs throats.

[TBP]

The Republicans (and some Democrats) filibustered LBJ’s nomination of Abe Fortas to be Chief Justice in 1968. Because of that, Nixon had the opportunity to nominate Warren Burger.

(This is the precedent for the principle that you don’t confirm Supreme Court nominees in an election year.)

Quick quiz: Who was LBJ’s nominee to replace Fortas as an Associate Justice?

[Nifster]

True that