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Nuclear option in the Senate: Opinions
So, Bush wants to resubmit the failed judicial candidates from last term.
The Democrats are, again, threatening to filibuster them.
There is much more serious talk now on the Republican side about removing the filibuster provision. If they do that the democrats will almost assuredly "go nuclear" and shut down all senate business until the rule is reinstated.
The Democrats have allowed the vast majority of Justices to go through. Only about 10, the most extreme candidates have been filibustered by the dems.
I see nothing wrong with this and at the very least can equate it with Senate Republicans denying Clinton's nominees even a hearing. It's basically the same thing.
I see the opposition party's weeding out of extreme justices from either side as a good thing and side with the Dems on this issue. The Republicans are acting like little whiney emperors who want to get every last crumb. What says the TFP?
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