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If Kavanaugh has become a verb, shouldn't Garland'd be a thing too when the Senate denies POTUS his constitutional right?
by dylan604 1y ago
If Kavanaugh has become a verb, shouldn't Garland'd be a thing too when the Senate denies POTUS his constitutional right?
- delichon 1y agoSince Garland didn't even get to a vote, it wasn't necessary to Kavanaugh (or Bork) him to the same degree. Abe Fortus got denied a vote via filibuster in '68, so you could say that Merrick Garland was Fortused.
- dylan604 1y agoBut a filibuster is an accepted way for the minority to fight back. That's not the same thing as making up a new rule and denying a vote because it's a lame duck year. To equate the two is just strained logic at best.
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- FergusArgyll 1y agoBorked was the original
- robterrell 1y agoThis is the correct answer. More memorable and better number of syllables. Although I'm sure he wasn't the first either.
- edoceo 1y agoTIL; I'd always used it for broken/stopped working but I looked it up - neat! > Origin 1980s: from the name of Robert Bork (1927–2012), an American judge whose nomination to the Supreme Court (1987) was rejected following unfavorable publicity for his allegedly extreme views.