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. . . a nasty cycle of political tit-for-tat that started with a Democratic Senate voting down Ronald Reagan's Supreme Court nominee, Judge Robert Bork, in 1987 . . .

For those who have forgotten, the damage from losing Bork was severe. Swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy ended up taking that seat!

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(For those who have forgotten, the damage from losing Bork was severe. Swing-vote Justice Anthony Kennedy ended up taking that seat!)
I thought it was worse than that. Souter took his place I think, and he was a reliably liberal political hack. Thank you George Bush Sr!