Hooray! A (Bad) Presidential Nomination Is Dead

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62. No.

But doing this reveals the other (hidden) means for "filibuster" (basically negating the nuclear option that attempted to halt the nominee blocks) that the Senate still has - all under the purview of the Judiciary chairman (in this case, Leahy). This despite the horrible nominee being "approved" via "blue slip" by the 2 GOP Senators in that state.

So if at some point, as the media shills keep insisting, that the Senate turns over, the new GOP chairman would for sure torpedo any Democratic judicial nominee under this administration - whether reinforced by "blue slip" disapprovals by GOP Senators if nominated from a red state -or- despite any "blue slip" approvals by Dem Senators for nominees from blue states.

I.e., the fact that this "blue slip process" is occurring at all in this manner, is of Leahy's choosing and does not need to be (i.e., when Hatch was in the same position, he "changed the rules" continually to benefit the GOP).