Detailed text transcripts for TV channel - MSNBC - 20170327:17:53:00
Nominee. that's simply not true. only three support justices have faced a filibuster in the last half of the century. senator schumer said justices are confirmed among president bush and obama, but only one attempted a filibuster and that was samuel leto. it was president obama, who was then a senator, voted to filibuster senator leto and later expressed his regret for that. a filibuster for a court nominee is rare, and to do this in this context with such an eminently qualified and brilliant judge is nothing short of obstructionism. that's why senator pat leahy is not open to filibuster even ...
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