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‚ÄîVice-President Dick Cheney‚Äîsustained the point of order…. “he would set a new, binding Senate precedent allowing Senators to cut off debate.
Read the New Yorker article on the Nuclear Option
