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Jon Kyl: “Further on this line of inquiry, if I could ask the Senator from Utah to yield, other than the case of Justice Abe…”

On the recordFebruary 12, 2003
Further on this line of inquiry, if I could ask the Senator from Utah to yield, other than the case of Justice Abe Fortas, does the Senator from Utah know of any situation in which a nominee for the Supreme Court or the circuit court of appeals, for example, got to the floor of the Senate and then was stopped by a filibuster?
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Jon Kyl
Republican · Arizona

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the Senator from Utah about historical instances of filibusters against judicial nominees.

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