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.”