No, There Is No Tradition of Filibustering Supreme Court Nominees
February 14, 2017 · Neil Gorsuch, Conservative Newsstand, Supreme Court
Contrary to recent mythology, there has never been a Senate tradition of filibustering nominees to the Supreme Court. Only once in history has there been a clear attempt to filibuster a first-time nominee to the Supreme Court, as in the case of the 2006 Samuel Alito confirmation. This recent, and…