It was, I have been told, considered a breach of propriety to allude to party divisions in early debates in the Senate, as it would be now deemed a breach of propriety to allude to such divisions in the Supreme Court of the United States.
Hoar comments on the historical sensitivity regarding party divisions in Senate debates, drawing a parallel to the Supreme Court.
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