In 2005, when the Democrats were holding up qualified judicial nominees via the filibuster in the Senate despite the fact the GOP had the White House and the majority in the upper chamber, the party of the left — in particular, a newly minted senator from Illinois named Barack Obama — spoke passionately in the defense of the 60-vote hurdle for judicial nominees.
“According to the Democratic Party and the House managers in the second impeachment trial, a former president — once out of office — is still subject to impeachment,” he said.
