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A nuclear compromise?: Roll Call says a group of senators are near a deal to avert a showdown over Bush's judicial nominees.; Tim Grieve May 9, 2005
Bill Frist's nervous nuclear calculations: Saying that Republicans' hands "aren't clean" on judicial nominees, GOP Sen. Chuck Hagel leans hard against the nuclear option.; Tim Grieve May 9, 2005
Right Hook: Wall Street Journal sees a Waco ending for Dems' filibuster "cult." Victor Hanson sees the upside of anti-Americanism. Plus: Sean Hannity dishes out marriage advice to the Runaway Groom.; By Mark Follman May 5, 2005
Terrorizing the judiciary: How much invective from Pat Robertson & Co. can the Republicans stand up for? MoveOn.org asks TV audiences from Texas to Washington.; Page Rockwell May 5, 2005
Taming the anti-filibuster flock?: Times columnist David Brooks invokes Abraham Lincoln to stop the religious right from going nuclear.; Mark Follman May 5, 2005
Entangling alliances: The man running a "national coalition" pushing the nuclear option is the former aide to Bill Frist who resigned after accessing Democratic strategy memos on Bush's judges.; Tim Grieve May 5, 2005
What have you done for me lately?: The right grows impatient with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist.; Tim Grieve May 4, 2005
The latest on the filibuster front: The Senate is in recess this week, but there's no letting up on the battle over the judicial filibuster.; Page Rockwell May 2, 2005
"An American heresy": Former Vice President Al Gore says the GOP push to dismantle the filibuster is part of a larger movement to undermine the founding principles of the United States.; Apr 27, 2005
Frist fingers the button again: The Republican senator says there'll be no deals with the Dems over Bush's judicial nominees.; Mark Follman Apr 26, 2005
The right to impose Christianity: The religious right worked itself into a righteous fury at "Justice Sunday," using the stalemate over judges to tar Democrats as enemies of God.; By Michelle Goldberg Apr 25, 2005
Cheney puts his finger on the button: Bracing for all-out partisan warfare over Bush's judicial nominees.; Mark Follman Apr 22, 2005
Taking odds on the nuclear option: Bill Frist could put the nuclear option on the Senate floor as early as next week. Does he have the votes to win?; Tim Grieve Apr 20, 2005
Doing the math on judicial nominees: The Senate confirms Bush's 205th judge.; Tim Grieve Apr 12, 2005
Will Terri Schiavo kill the nuclear option?: The Schiavo case makes it both more likely and less likely that Republicans will move to end the filibuster of judicial nominees.; Tim Grieve Apr 8, 2005
Down with the judicial tyrants who are killing Terri Schiavo!: Oops -- most of them are Republican. Never mind.; By Joe Conason Mar 25, 2005
Terri Schiavo and the fight over Bush's judges: If the solution to an "out of control" federal judiciary is the appointment of more Republican judges, the Schiavo case doesn't provide much evidence of it.; Tim Grieve Mar 24, 2005
A bit of backbone on Bush nominees: Tim Grieve Mar 2, 2005
The Supreme Court short list: Tim Grieve Feb 22, 2005
The cowboy judge: Environmentalists hope Senate Democrats will block Bush's new ranch-friendly judicial nominee, but a filibuster might suit the Bush administration just fine.; By Amanda Griscom Feb 12, 2004
Three cheers for the Democrats' filibuster: It's time to depoliticize the judicial appointment process.; By John W. Dean Nov 13, 2003

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