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In past filibusters of judicial nominees any senator choosing to participate in the filibuster was give one hour to speak. After every participating senator filibustered for an hour there was cloture and finally a vote. So yes, republicans filibustered judicial nominees, but they went up for a vote in the end. In the past a filibuster was brought up by a lower-level senator. This is the first time in history that the leader of the minority party organized and started a filibuster of judicial nominees.
no one knows if all of these nominees will be confirmed. Dems seem to be afraid of an automatic confirmation if there is no filibuster. No one can be certain that all of these judges will be confirmed until after an up or down vote.
In addition, if the dems want to stop all legislation needing bi-partisan support over this, it is their own political grave they are digging. Why would anyone vote for them again if they refuse to do the job they were elected to do?
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