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    1. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @yeselson @SeanTrende @brianros1

      Garland was never going to say anything in a hearing that would be different from what the most far-left nominee would say.

      2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
    2. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @baseballcrank @SeanTrende @brianros1

      He would have looked and sounded moderate and thoughtful, if bland—yes, exactly. McConnell did not want the country to see what Hatch had understood to be true. This is obviously politically true, so why deny it?

      3 replies 0 retweets 9 likes
    3. Josiah Neeley  🤔‏ @jneeley78 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @yeselson @baseballcrank and

      The advantage of not having a hearing is that the blame all falls on McConnell (who doesn’t care), rather than Pat Toomey or Mark Kirk.

      3 replies 1 retweet 10 likes
    4. Chris Hayes‏Verified account @chrislhayes 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @jneeley78 @yeselson and

      Yes this was the reason for it.

      2 replies 0 retweets 4 likes
    5. Chris Hayes‏Verified account @chrislhayes 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @chrislhayes @jneeley78 and

      But also, I don’t see why any party confirms the other party’s Supreme Court nominee now that this is precedent has been set. McConnell would allow a Ginsburg replacement a vote under a D president, but not a Thomas replacement.

      7 replies 1 retweet 6 likes
    6. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @chrislhayes @jneeley78 and

      It's definitely harder when the seat is obviously changing hands. The seal was broken first with voting down Bork, then with the Estrada et al filibusters, then Obama & others voting to filibuster Alito on no grounds but ideology.

      3 replies 3 retweets 1 like
    7. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @baseballcrank @chrislhayes and

      McConnell also wanted certainty. Any vote offered up some degree of uncertainty. As for Chris’s point, I think the it all comes down to what the public will tolerate & punish. Would the public be okay with a 4 year vacancy? And in terms of Dan’s point. Bork didn’t break the seal

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    8. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @brianros1 @baseballcrank and

      A) Fortas ignited the modern confirmation wars, followed by Haynesworth and Carswell. And B) remember, Democrats confirmed Thomas to replace Marshall, a massive ideological swing, 4 years later.

      2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
    9. Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @brianros1 @chrislhayes and

      Fair to argue Haynesworth/Carswell as the real beginning. Fortas did kick off the modern confirmation wars, but given the bipartisan nature of the filibuster, closeness to Election Day & prominent ethics questions, it's less of a clean break than Bork.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
    10. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @baseballcrank @brianros1 and

      Haynesworth/Carswell. Scholars understand this.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      Dan McLaughlin‏Verified account @baseballcrank 28 Jun 2019
      Replying to @yeselson @brianros1 and

      Carswell, though, was at least presented as a nonideological vote, and as Brian noted, the whole battle then went away until the abortive Rehnquist filibuster (including by Biden!) in 1986, which was a dress rehearsal for Bork.

      10:40 AM - 28 Jun 2019
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        2. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 28 Jun 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @yeselson and

          To be fair, the only reason the first Rehnquist nomination didn’t go down was exhaustion over confirmation fights and Christmas approaching. And Carswell, you can say is different because he’s so manifestly racist & incompetent. Fortas & Haynesworth are ideological. The ethics

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        3. Brian Rosenwald‏ @brianros1 28 Jun 2019
          Replying to @brianros1 @baseballcrank and

          Stuff comes up after the ideological stuff

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        1. Richard Yeselson‏ @yeselson 28 Jun 2019
          Replying to @baseballcrank @brianros1 and

          All true. Bork was a straight out, “He’s an extremist, we reject him on ideological grounds.” Rehnquist was not that different except that he Den caucus not homogeneous enough then to pull off. Partisan parliamentary parties = predictable partisan justices on the major cases.

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