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Three support justices have faced a filibuster in the last half-century. chuck schumer saw four judges confirmed under president obama but out of those four, only one had an attempt at filibuster which was samuel alito in it was president obama who was then a senator who voted to filibuster justice alito and then publicly expressed his regrets for the fact is an attempted filibuster of a supreme court nominee is rare, and to do so in this context with such an eminently qualified and brilliant judge is nothing short of obstructionism. that is why senator pat lahey, former democratic chairman of...

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 ...