The "Thurmond Rule" and other advice and consent myths (Russell Wheeler, Brookings)

Like a bad penny, the “Thurmond Rule” is surfacing again in Senate debates over judicial confirmations. Both parties have invoked it over the last several decades. Today, it and other myths are obscuring the 114th Senate’s meager confirmation record

http://www.brookings.edu/blogs/fixgov/posts/2016/05/25-thurmond-rule-senate-confirmations-wheeler