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.

This is the correct answer. More memorable and better number of syllables. Although I'm sure he wasn't the first either.

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.