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By Nate H Posted in Fillibuster — Comments () / Email this page » / Leave a comment »

Senator Richard Shelby (R-AL), a former Democrat, claims that one of the reasons the Democratic party has employed the filibuster, is that it has moved too far to the left. Furthermore, he stated, in a town-hall meeting, that judicial nominations would be the test, to determine whether or not Democrats are willing to work with Republicans in the Senate. With regard to the President's plan to re-nominate the filibustered nominees from last year, he had this to say:

"The President's responsibility is to nominate competent, conservative judges that will be confirmed. I know he's going to do that. And I believe we will confirm them. If John Kerry had been elected the Supreme Court would have shifted back the other way - with more liberal judges that might be more activist. The President is going to nominate conservative judges that will likely follow what the Constitution says."

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"I wish we had 60 (Republicans) in the Senate," he said. It takes 60 votes to force an end to a Senate filibuster. "Republicans have never used a filibuster to hold up a judicial nominee. But I believe we'll be able to confirm those nominees like (Alabama's) Bill Pryor."