While Michael Wolff thinks we’re all wasting our time even discussing SCOTUS (“The news about the Supreme Court, which nobody has reported, is that it doesn’t really merit all that much attention anymore. So don’t feel guilty if the confirmation battle for the new justice bores you to death.”), this quote from former Sen. Rick Santorum exchange with WaPo’s Dave Weigel is still fascinating:
“I’m someone who has real concerns about filibustering judges, because I just think it’s a destructive tactic,” said Santorum. “We should try our best to make sure that we hold the nominee accountable for his or her opinions. You know, we spent the better part of a year talking about how the Democrats shouldn’t be able to filibuster judges, and that we were going to drop the, quote, nuclear option, if you recall, which was to eliminate the filibuster for judges. And historically we’ve treated Supreme Court justices with that comity, that they get an up-or-down vote. I guess I would be pretty cautious about using that tactic.”
So, no filibuster and no repeal of ObamaCare?