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Sen. Griffin's Words
[Sean Rushton  05/19 04:05 PM]

Earlier today, to justify current Democratic judicial filibusters, Sen. Stabenow (D, Mich.) cited former-Sen. Robert Griffin, the leader in 1968 of the bipartisan opposition to Abe Fortas. Her quotes were selective, however. Consider his words at the end of the Fortas debate:

"[T]hus far, there have been only four days of Senate debate on this very important, historic issue. ... [A] filibuster, by any ordinary definition, is not now in progress." And: "An examination of the Congressional Record ... clearly reveals that the will of the majority was not frustrated. ... On the basis of the Record, then, it is ridiculous to say that the will of a majority in the Senate has been frustrated."

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