[jrushing]

Is the Filibuster of Judicial Nominees Now a "Custom of the Senate"?

Will this mean the end of the Supreme Court as we know it? What will happen in the future when no one will be approved and a vacancy needs to be filled??
Is there a Constitutional way to handle this?

[Congressman Billybob]

The Democrats have already committed that they will not filibuster a nomination to the Supreme Court. However, you know how those Democrats can lie.

It is best at this point that the Senate Republicans "go nuclear" for the remaining held up judicial appointments. That way, the decks are absolutely clear for the next Supreme Court nomination -- which will come no later than June, 2004, perhaps earlier.

John / Billybob