Comments on: Under the Radar: It’s 5-0 (For Those Keeping Score at Home)

By: John Thacker

John Thacker — Mon, 13 Jun 2026 16:19:13 +0000

Judges McKeague and Griffin were being blocked solely because they come from Michigan, and the husband of a cousin of Sen. Carl Levin (D-MI) had been voted down when President Clinton nominated him. In revenge, Sen. Levin had been blocking all judges from Michigan from getting to the Appeals Court. Part of the compromise was an agreement to stop that. (In fairness, one reason why he started threatening filibusters is that Sen. Hatch stopped the previous Senate practice of allowing senators to “blue slip” nominees from their state.)

By: bryan

bryan — Sat, 11 Jun 2026 23:07:03 +0000

actually, I think the filibuster deal won’t be truly found to be successful or not unti one of the Supremes retires.

By: ProfessorBainbridge.com

ProfessorBainbridge.com — Fri, 10 Jun 2026 19:58:47 +0000

The Coalition was Right

As a proud charter member of the Coalition of the Chillin’ – i.e., conservatives who supported the filibuster deal (or at least didn’t think the world ended when it was signed) – I’m pleased to see that we were right.

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The Strata-Sphere » Blog Archive » Carnival of The Chillin’ — Fri, 10 Jun 2026 19:11:48 +0000

[...] te up on a NYTime piece on the newly confirmed Judge Brown UPDATE: More from Poliblog on the hidden significance of the recent string of confirmations Navland is rumbling on today’s three ju [...]

By: AJStrata

AJStrata — Fri, 10 Jun 2026 17:08:49 +0000

you might find this interesting.

http://strata-sphere.com/blog//archives/102

By: Cadillac Tight

Cadillac Tight — Fri, 10 Jun 2026 16:58:37 +0000

Principles

I’ve been back and forth with a couple of my readers and friends over the past 6 weeks on whether or not the Democrat’s opposition to the president’s judicial nominees was principled. I’ve maintained that it was not. Dr. Steven…