On a silly matter like Justice and the Supreme Court, who needs Democracy?
Definition of the so-called "Nuclear Option":
[I]n an extended debate over a judicial nominee a senator could raise a point of order that "any further debate is dilatory and not in order." If the Presiding Officer of the Senate—Vice-President Dick Cheney—sustained the point of order.... "he would set a new, binding Senate precedent allowing Senators to cut off debate.
