Judges and Judiciary,
Government
Dec. 19, 2013
Nuclear fallout and California nominees
Many observers will focus on California as ground-zero in the post-nuclear landscape because numerous Golden State nominees will initially test the Senate procedural reform.
As the U.S. Senate hurtles toward adjournment of the 113th Congress' first session, all eyes are searching for signs of life after Democrats detonated the nuclear option in November. By a majority vote, the Senate amended its rules to require a majority vote for invoking cloture and ending filibusters of lower federal court nominees and upper echelon executive nominees. Many observers will focus like a laser beam on California as ground-zero in the post-nuclear landscape because numerous...
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