Filibuster Gowdy .... Oh Wait ...http://www.lawfareblog.com/filibuster-gowdy-oh-wait …
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Replying to @RosenzweigP @Susan_Hennessey
I forget. Was there another norm violation that triggered Reid to remove the filibuster. It's so long ago and everything is hazy...
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @Susan_Hennessey
Yes. That would be Kennedy and Bork. A long time ago. Or Estrada and Roberts. Or Obama’s vote to filibuster Alito.
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Replying to @RosenzweigP @Susan_Hennessey
Please don't argue that isolated filibusters (which did not prevent appointments) were qualitatively the same as what happened under Reid.
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Replying to @matthew_d_green @Susan_Hennessey
Sorry but when did Estrada get his commission. Your coma interest is that Rs used a weapon Ds created...
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I think you're right on Estrada, wrong on others. Estrada was a violation of norms.
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Also fair point. Not really debating whose norm breaking is worse (it is Trump) but arguing that we don't fight norm breaking with more
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Agree. But I also think $$ in politics has meant there is little political accountability for violating norms.
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