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In 2005, President Bush nominated Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen to a federal appellate judgeship. Senate Democrats eventually staged a failed filibuster effort driven in large part because of concerns that Owen is ethically unsuited to the federal bench. As a Texas justice, Owen took thousands of dollars worth of campaign contributions from Enron and then wrote a key opinion reducing Enron’s taxes by $15 million.
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To the extent that Republicans ever actually believed that there is something wrong with filibustering, they sure abandoned that belief fast the second they found themselves in the minority.
COH Please.
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