Here's what Grassley said last November on 1 reason he was relaxing standards on prior drug use by judicial nominees: 'Maybe the word gets around that you better lie about it or you ain’t going to get a judgeship. That’s kind of worried me a lot.' politi.co/2OEAr5A
If due to some bizarre twist of fate you actually care about the judicial background check process above and beyond the current furor, I'd commend to you this video of the Sen. Judiciary Committee from last November (start 40:10 in) bit.ly/2ODalQD
You'll see the senators of both parties calmly and rationally discussing the issue of how to treat past drug use by judicial nominees. (And also Sen. Durbin praising Sen. Grassley for how fair he always is.) If we get a hearing next week, it won't look much like this, folks.
