Think Progress has a good post on the hypocrisy of the GOP vis-a-vis the use of the filibuster. You’ll recall that the GOP demanded an “up or down vote” on Bush’s judicial nominees.
Now, not so much.
But now that they are out of power and President Obama has the ability to appoint judges, Republicans are threatening a filibuster of judges if Obama doesn’t appease them. In a letter to the White House yesterday, all 41 Senate Republicans “requested that Obama respect the Senate’s constitutional role in reviewing judicial nominees by seeking their consultation about potential nominees from their respective states.”