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Republicans did phil buster his nomination to the bench last week. >> there was a qualitative change on nominations this year when republicans decided to phil buster the nomination of goodwin lui. a promising judicial candidate in part because he's thought of as being smart and quite long. he could have a long judicial career ahead of him. a lot of republican senators said that judicial nomination should never be filibustered. does that indicate a worsening. >> i quoted a number of them before professor lui's vote. we had some important votes this year. most significant vote was not lui. altho...

Warren is not the only qualified nominee. republicans are making a big show of rejecting right now. there's president obama eets pick for the ninth circuit u.s. court of appeals. good win lieu rg rhodes scholar. decide being rated unanimously well qualified by the american bar association and despite republican senators prominently complaining that judicial nominees should never be phil bustered. republicans did phil buster his nomination to the bench last week. >> there was a qualitative change on nominations this year when republicans decided to phil buster the nomination of goodwin lui. a p...

I promise that the nominee will have a chance to explain any criticisms that are raised. but if the nominee is one that is so activist like goodwin lui who has been nominated who has written that the constitution requires welfare and health care to individuals, if it's somebody like that, clearly outside the mainstream, then i think every power should be utilized to protect the constitution -- >> senator sessions you're on record in the past with saying filibusters should not be used against judges. and yet i want toe be clear here, you're not taking a filibuster off the table in this particul...