colfax_m
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I said DC circuit, not second. Not sure where you got second circuit.Your concession is recognized. Reid triggered the Nuclear Option.McConnell was refusing to allow any nominee for the DC circuit to have an up or down vote. Tell me who else has ever done that?McConnell did nothing different than any other justice confirmation under the same situation both timesI’m well aware of what Reid did in 2013.You are conceding the point, with an explanation, thank you.Are you forgetting to consider the circumstances in which Reid blew up the filibuster?Actually it was Reid that blew up the Judicial Filibuster and McConnell warned them, before they did it, that would not like the consequences, which might be far sooner than they expected, and Cocaine Mitch was right. Dems lost the majority in a matter of months after blowing up the Judicial Filibuster.... ooops!We would have been a lot better off if McConnell hadn’t massively abused filibusters in the judicial nomination process.Reid ending the filibuster in 2013 when the Dems were going to lose the Senate in 2014 makes Amy Barrett the "Harry Reid Nomination". McConnell warned Dems prior to the vote that they would live to regret it, and maybe sooner than they think. They ran unheeded to their current position, and Cocaine Mitch plays for keeps.
You can fairly call Amy the HARRY Reid SCOTUS
McConnell was massively abusing the filibuster.
You seem to want to avoid what McConnell did.
And, your claim makes no sense. Obama's last nomination to the second circuit was Christopher F. Droney, Confirmed 11/28/11 on an 88-0 vote.
List of federal judges appointed by Barack Obama - Wikipedia
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Obama Pick for Court Is 3rd in a Row Blocked by Republicans (Published 2013)
In blocking Judge Robert L. Wilkins’s nomination, Senate Republicans on Monday denied President Obama his third pick in recent weeks to fill a vacancy on the nation’s most powerful and prestigious appeals court.
www.nytimes.com