IF THERE IS TO BE ANY BRIGHT SIDE TO this shameful deal protecting the filibuster for the screamers on the left, it may be in this point made by Sean Rushton at Bench Memos:
The fact that Senate Democrats are willing to allow cloture on Owen, Brown, and Pryor indicates that conservative judicial philosophy cannot be considered the basis for a filibuster, or an “extraordinary circumstance.”
If that is indeed the criteria, than any attempt to use the filibuster to stall a nominee based on philosophy would be considered bad faith and, therefore, violate the agreement.
On the other hand, is there any reason to believe that judicial nominees will not now be subjected to vicious character assaults in order to sheild true intentions? It could be that this deal seals all future nomination processes as gutter politics. As good as the Dem's are with that tactic now, is there any reason to believe that simply entering your name into the mix won't guarantee that you will have it dragged through the mud?
It could very well be that the most qualified candidates will have no desire to have their good names shredded by a minority party bent on disguising true intentions by using character assassination.
Did I say there was a bright side? My mistake.
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I am seriously annoyed with this 'deal'. I do not believe for one minute that the democrats will stick to anything. They get to define extreme circumstances any way they see fit. Big mistake.
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