[thirst4truth]

Reagan didn’t have three nominees and a republican senate!

We might thank Harry Reid for part of RoevWade being overturned. He and Obama decided for power over the DC courts, they would end the 60 vote majority for judges, but not for the Supremes. Remember, they voted mass super lefty judges to the DC courts. Those judges are responsible for the treatment of Trump, his friends, family, associates and also his J6 supporters, during the last 5 years.

So Mitch McConnell with the help of a simple majority, changed the 60 vote majority for the Supremes. In reality, it was the only way to get the 3 Trump judges confirmed, thank you Harry Reid, McConnel warned him.

[Catholic and Conservative]

Not only did Democrats reduce the vote needed for most judicial nominations from 60 to 51, in October of 2016, anticipating a win by Hillary Clinton, Reid also threatened to eliminate the filibuster for nominations to the Supreme Court. I think his comments made it easier for the Republicans shortly thereafter to do exactly what had Reid said the Democrats were ready to do.

We can also thank the Democrats' "Conscience of the Senate", Ku Klux Klan "Exalted Cyclops" Robert Byrd. In 1975, when the Democrats had 60 Senators, he authored the rule change reducing the number of votes required to invoke cloture from two-thirds of the senators present and voting to three-fifths duly chosen and sworn.

[scrabblehack]

Are you sure? Clarence Thomas had fewer than 60 yeas.

Yes, you’re right about the confirmation part of the filibuster going away. But I’m thinking that SCOTUS is such a high profile vacancy that it doesn’t get filibustered.

Now not getting considered (Garland) is another story.