From: John Cuccia 

On Thu, 15 May 2003 11:59:45 -0500, John Cuccia  wrote:

>On Thu, 15 May 2003 09:24:46 -0400, Richard B. 
>wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 15 May 2003 00:58:57 -0400, "Tony Ingenoso"
>> wrote:
>>
>>>Its an attempt to deny the civil rights of the whole population of Texas.
>>
>>I guess the demos blocking of judges, effectively causing a super
>>majority for confirmation,  really winds your clock. 
>
>Doesn't bother me any more than when the GOP did it during Bubba's
>regime.

Here's what I'm talking about:
http://www.csmonitor.com/2003/0512/p02s01-uspo.htm
Excerpt:
"Democrats counter that they have, in fact, approved 124 of the
president's nominees, while blocking only two. That's faster than
Republicans moved President Clinton's nominees when they controlled the
Senate. Moreover, some 60 Clinton nominees never had a hearing before the
Senate Judiciary Committee - as effective a block to confirmation as a
filibuster, they add."

And here's how the Republicans enabled a super minority of ONE senator to
block nominations:
http://www.dailykos.com/archives/001789.html
Excerpt:
"owever, when the GOP took the Senate in 1994, Utah's Orin Hatch took
over the judicial committee and the rules suddenly changed. Hatch allowed a
single senator to block a judicial nominee from his or her state. Why?
Clinton was in office. Jesse Helms used this new rule to block every
Clinton nominee from North Carolina."

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