Judges Battle Transcends Numbers

Today's Milwaukee Journal Sentinel runs this article from the Los Angeles Times of April 17, 2005 on the controversy over Senate filibusters of judicial nominations, and proposals to eliminate them. The article might give more insight into this debate than it planned.

As now displayed on the Times web site, it contains this paragraph.

That means the 44 Democrats can block Bush's nominees by refusing to cut off debate. To prevent that, Republicans now threaten to remove the ability to filibuster judicial nominations.

As printed in today's Journal Sentinel, that paragraph says a bit more.

That means the 44 Democrats can block Bush's nominees by refusing to cut off debate. To prevent that, Republicans now threaten to kill the filibuster and revert to majority rule.