| ▲ | dylan604 3 days ago |
| If Kavanaugh has become a verb, shouldn't Garland'd be a thing too when the Senate denies POTUS his constitutional right? |
|
| ▲ | delichon 3 days ago | parent | next [-] |
| Since 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 3 days ago | parent [-] | | But 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. | | |
|
|
| ▲ | FergusArgyll 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] |
| Borked was the original |
| |
| ▲ | edoceo 3 days ago | parent | next [-] | | TIL; 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. | |
| ▲ | robterrell 3 days ago | parent | prev [-] | | This is the correct answer. More memorable and better number of syllables. Although I'm sure he wasn't the first either. |
|
