As Senator Tester and Heilemann discussed, the pushback on Bork was substantive -- it was a full on class re constitutional law. Bork was deemed way too rigid and batshit crazy, leading to Senator Kennedy's famous "In Robert Bork's America ...." summary.
Since then, nominees have been coached to avoid any discussion of the their jurisprudence and views of constitutional law -- which would actually be a good thing for the American people to watch -- a televised American Government class.
The panel all agreed that (1) McConnell's hijacking two seats -- obstructing Garland and then seating Barrett a week prior to an election -- made the process even more partisan, and (2) the GOP's treatment of KBJ was asinine.
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