Orrin Hatch: “There has only been one true filibuster in the history of this country, and that was the Fortas nomination. I have to…”

“There has only been one true filibuster in the history of this country, and that was the Fortas nomination. I have to say even President Nixon was against that filibuster. But it was a bipartisan filibuster of both Democrats and Republicans, unlike what we are faced with today where a minority of Democrats are filibustering against a Hispanic nominee for the Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, a double standard.”