Hatch Replies to Gerhardt & Chemerisnky
Orren Hatch replies to an op/ed by Michael Gerhardt & Erwin Chemerinsky in a letter to the L.A. Times yesterday. Here is a snippet:
- Before the 108th Congress, no majority-supported judicial nomination had been defeated by a filibuster. President Johnson withdrew Abe Fortas’ nomination in 1968 because the vote on invoking cloture, or ending debate, showed it lacked majority support. The votes against cloture were evenly bipartisan; in contrast, the 20 failed cloture votes in the 108th Congress were partisan.