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The Washington PostThe judicial wars have returned to the Senate.
After months of relative calm regarding the federal bench, Senate Republicans are poised Thursday to use a filibuster to block the confirmation of law professor Goodwin Liu to an appellate court.
If successful, it would be the first filibuster of a judicial nominee led entirely by Senate Republicans — six years after their leaders tried to change the chamber’s rules to forbid such an action.
In moving to block Liu, Republicans are warning President Obama that his next Supreme Court nominee is likely to face a more difficult path to confirmation than did his first two selections. “If we prevail, it ought to send a signal that the White House ought to send up people who are more mainstream,” Sen. Charles E. Grassley (Iowa), the ranking Republican on the Judiciary Committee, said Wednesday.
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