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: Dispatches from the Culture WarsKyl: We May Filibuster Supreme Court Nomination
By Ed Brayton
AP is reporting that Sen. Jon Kyl, the #2 Republican in the Senate and a member of the Judiciary Committee, is refusing to rule out a possible filibuster if Obama nominates someone for the Supreme Court that he doesn't like:
The Senate's No. 2 Republican on Sunday refused to rule out an effort to block confirmation if President Barack Obama seeks a Supreme Court justice who decides cases based on "emotions or feelings or preconceived ideas."Read the rest of this post... | Read the comments on this post...Sen. Jon Kyl made clear he would use a filibuster, a procedural move to delay a final vote on a bill or nominee, if Obama follows through on his pledge to nominate someone who takes into account human suffering and employs empathy from the bench.
Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on May 26, 2009 (boomark / email).
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