Rational Republicans Threaten 30-hour debate on judicial nominations

Roll Call offers this story (paid subscription required), which includes the following: "Senate Republicans said that their so-called “30-hour plan” — at least 30 straight hours of uninterrupted debate on judges — is set to begin sometime Wednesday, probably late in the afternoon, and carry on until nearly midnight Thursday. They’re even holding out the option of going into the wee hours of the morning Friday if their troops are up for it." This is perfectly rational Republican strategy: try to increase the salience of the issue of judicial nominations without actually doing anything to change the filibuster rules.

UPDATE: Larry Solum expresses similar sentiments here.

Posted by Rick Hasen at November 5, 2003 10:11 PM