I don't know if what Reid did is illegal or not, but I do know it's disgusting to throw an implication out in public that there is something so awful in the background of a nominee that he simply must be filibustered, and if we all knew what it was, we would agree. But we can't know what it is and neither can the nominee who is not allowed to see his file and so now cannot defend himself and must just live with this innuendo hanging over his head. It seems fairly wll known that the reason Saad was resisted is because Carl Levin wants the job for a relative and not because he's a pedophile who cuts the heads off of kittens, but hey, who can say. Reid committed the worst kind of character assassination. I hope he pays for it.
If he saw the file, the law was broken. He is neither from the judge's home state nor on the judiciary committee, and the files are restricted to those senators only.
I don't know if it was illegal but I am pretty sure it broke at least a couple Senate rules....those files are restricted to the commitee....
Helene White.