But come one, that doesn’t matter now, just because he said it last year…
Via Free Beacon:
Former President Barack Obama said last year that well-qualified Supreme Court candidates should be able to join the bench regardless of disagreements on policy, and his own White House spokesman said Obama regretted voting to filibuster Supreme Court nominee Samuel Alito when he was a senator.
Obama’s regrets are notable as Democrats, led by Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D., N.Y.), are trying to filibuster President Trump’s Supreme Court nominee, Judge Neil Gorsuch. Eight Democrats would need to join the chamber’s 52 Republicans to invoke cloture and put Gorsuch forward for a confirmation vote.
However, Republicans could still institute the so-called “nuclear option” and eliminate the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees.