Patrick Leahy: “Actually, nothing has changed significantly since the leadership forced the three previous cloture votes. I did read in…”

“Actually, nothing has changed significantly since the leadership forced the three previous cloture votes. I did read in the New York Times over the weekend that Mr. Estrada spoke about the memos he wrote as being perhaps somewhat divisive. Maybe that is why the White House does not want us to see them. The only reason we are having these problems is the administration has refused to bring forward the writings on which one could form an idea whether he should have a lifetime appointment to the second highest court in the country. The White House has had access to all these writings and they eagerly committed the political capital to go forward. But they don't want us to see them. The administration remains insistent that the Senate rubberstamp nominees without fulfilling the Senate's constitutional advise and consent role in this most important process. Everyone has known for a long time how to solve the impasse in the Miguel Estrada nomination.”