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Article: Democrats won't rule out filibustering justice nominee
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- Human Events
- Article date:
- May 26, 2003
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In 2002, when Democrats still controlled the Senate, their leadership heartily supported the efforts of Judiciary Chairman Patrick Leahy (D.-Vt.) to bottle up lower court nominees in his committee.
But then-Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle (D.-S.D.) promised to allow the full Senate to vote on Supreme Court nominees.
"I have indicated, when we became members of the majority, that Supreme Court justices, I think, deserve-because of the unique nature and importance of the nominee-to have that vote regardless of how the votes may be cast in committee," Daschle said in a Feb. 12, 2002 press conference.
Now the Democrats are in the minority, and no longer able to unilaterally prevent judicial ...