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Robert C. Byrd: “We are not electing a Republican Court. We are not electing a Democratic Court. We are filling a vacancy on the Supreme…”

On the recordOctober 15, 1987
We are not electing a Republican Court. We are not electing a Democratic Court. We are filling a vacancy on the Supreme Court of the United States.
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Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
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Oct 15, 1987

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Speaking on bringing the Bork Supreme Court nomination to a vote.

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