Word: filibusterer
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Constitutionally Tragic. "Never in our history," cried Michigan's Democratic Senator Philip Hart, "has a matter of the nomination of a Justice to the Supreme Court been resolved by a filibuster." But shortly after Hart spoke, the Senate refused to cut off debate on whether it should even take...
Duty Bound. After repeated delays, the Senate finally took on the week's principal business: President Johnson's nomination of Abe Fortas to be Chief Justice of the U.S. A formal vote to, close off a filibuster will not come until this week, but it is foredoomed. Fortas...
No Withdrawal. With all that, Republicans and Southern Democrats were in a strong position to block the appointment with a filibuster. Hubert Humphrey challenged Richard Nixon to call Republicans off the filibuster, so that the case could come to a vote, which Fortas would probably win. Nixon refused, but tried...
Minority Leader Everett Dirksen, who favors Fortas and opposes the filibuster, despairs of the outcome. He estimates that 50 Senators will vote against shutting off debate, leaving far fewer than the two-thirds needed for cloture. After two failures on a cloture vote, Majority Leader Mike Mansfield is likely to...
In fact, at week's end there was every prospect of a filibuster-if the nomination should reach the Senate floor. Actually, Fortas' foes on the committee itself, including its chairman, Mississippi Democrat James O. Eastland, may well keep the nomination tied up in committee unless most of...