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Byron York, writing in The Hill, looks at the scenarios surrounding the renomination of President Bush's judicial nominees in the new Congress. They'll be renominated, he writes, but not in the immediate future.

At the moment, there are a few logistical problems. Their original nominations have been holed up in the Senate so long that they are now having to undergo new FBI background checks before their names can be resubmitted.

And once the president renominates the filibustered judges, they’ll have to go through the Senate Judiciary Committee again. While that won’t mean new hearings — at least hopefully it won’t mean new hearings — it will mean that the nominees will have to be put on the committee agenda for a vote, which can be routinely delayed by Democrats.

And then, after they are finally approved by the committee — on party-line votes, of course — it will be up to Sen. Bill Frist (R-Tenn.) to decide which nomination will be brought to the floor first.

There’s been a lot of debate in Republican circles over who that first nominee should be. There was some talk about bringing up someone who was delayed by Democrats the last time around, but not filibustered.

Check out the entire article.