Obama led the filibuster of Supreme Court judge Samuel Alito
Posted on | March 21, 2017 | 1 Comment
Alito’s hearing was not held until Jan. 9-13. Less than two weeks later, on Jan. 24, the Senate Judiciary Committee voted 10-8 to send him to the full Senate. Then-Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., and 23 other senators attempted to lead a filibuster to block Alito’s confirmation, but they were unsuccessful.
The Senate ultimately confirmed Alito by a vote of 58-42 on Jan. 31, 2006, with four Democrats joining the Republicans in confirming Alito.
As president, Obama later expressed regrets about this filibuster attempt when Senate Republicans signaled that they would not confirm a nominee for the vacancy left by Justice Antonin Scalia’s death Feb. 13, 2016, during Obama’s final year in office.
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March 21st, 2017 @ 10:41 am
If the Democrats don’t try to filibuster Gorsuch, will be because they know something we are not hearing about? Has he promised Schumer not to repeal Roe v Wade, to vote against the immigration ban, to pull Roberts on healthcare? Once confirmed, SCUTUS judges sometimes change their tunes. We need assurances from him and we’re not getting them.