Statement·other·said 2017-03-28
“There has never been a successful partisan filibuster of a Supreme Court nominee, and only Democrats have ever attempted one.”
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Verdict
Mixed
2017-03-31Reasoning
FactCheck.org noted the 1968 cloture vote on LBJ's nomination of Abe Fortas to be Chief Justice failed 45-43, a GOP-led filibuster that defeated the nomination. So a partisan Supreme-Court filibuster has succeeded.
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