Political Quotes

“The final point is, Justice Pryor, 1980, nominated by Jimmy Carter after the November election in 1980. The President's party lost the election, the Democrats lost the Senate, he was nominated after the election and was brought to the floor with no judicial experience, and the Republicans, who then took control of the Senate in 1980, were asked to confirm him. What did the Republicans do? There were some on our side, I think the Senator can understand in response to the question, who said we should filibuster because we do not have the time to read his record, he has no judicial experience, but the Republican leader who was going to be the majority leader pushed his side not to filibuster, and moved him through. It was Justice Breyer.”