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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (888303)9/17/2015 12:09:33 AM
From: SilentZ  Respond to of 1573927
 
>Did he really? Or was that notion a lie conjured up by Sen. Ted Kennedy's fiery rhetoric?

Yes, he believed that states should be able to enact poll taxes.

>

Either way, whether or not you believe the obstructionism was worth it, the fact is that it was unprecedented at the time, and it was advanced by those who had liberal agendas, namely to minimize the conservative presence in the judicial system.

Well, of course it was liberals...a lot of conservatives supported Bork's view at the time.

Do you think that that's not a good reason to block a nominee for the Court?

-Z