Literary editor Philip Terzian recounts the modern history of SCOTUS fights and concludes that, while it may be Republicans who finally end the filibuster tradition for Supreme Court nominees, the end was engineered by the Democrats.
And if you're tracing this battle back to Judge Bork, Terzian says you're wrong. Find out where he finds the roots of the filibuster fight in the Daily Standard podcast.
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