Judicial Nominations Likely Dead for the Year After
Senate GOP Filibuster

Senate Republicans believe that no more judicial nominees should be confirmed for the balance of the year until the elections, citing something called the Thurmond rule, which sets an arbitrary deadline for election-year confirmations. So the withheld[...]

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