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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Thank your hero Harry Reid. He brought us here. Now you get to see what the other side of it looks like. [/quote]

Ah, easy to blame Harry Reid without the full story...McConnell and the GOP had obfuscated and broken norms in stopping Obama appointments to the extent that the Chief Justice was concerned over the integrity of the judiciary branch and its ability to function. So McConnell and Rehnquist basically forced Reid into breaking the filibuster. Again, part of a multi decade game from the right to break norms, blame the left and take power.

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/11/why-harry-reid-went-nuclear/281728/

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/mitch-mcconnell-blocks-obama-laughs_n_5df32430e4b0deb78b517322

[/quote]First filibusters of judges came from Democrats under George W Bush.  
The issue with McConnell vs Reid really had to do with Reid not allowing amendments, filling the tree, so they responded in other ways.[/quote]

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