Senate's New Math May Aid Stalled Judicial Nominees
Bush Renominates as Judges 7 Whom Democrats Blocked
Specter Has Hodgkins Disease and Will Have Chemotherapy
New Round of Speculation About Rehnquist's Farewell
Senator Critical of Proposal on Filibusters
Senate Renews Fight Over Bush Nominees
A New GOP Tack on a Judicial Nominee
Salazar asks Bush to withdraw nominees
Democrats on Senate Panel Pummel Judicial Nominee
Clash on Judicial Nominees Could Spill Into Lawmaking
Court Nominee Explains Lack of Law License
Blame Is Laid as Senate Sees Rift on Judges
Split Panel Sends Renominated Candidate to Full Senate
Justices Let Stand Bush's Appointment of Judge
Ailing Rehnquist Returns to Supreme Court Bench
Lobbying Heats Up on Filibuster Rule Change
GOP: Byrd Set Precedent on Filibusters
Senate Wary of Changing Filibuster Rules
Conservatives push judicial votes
Frist: Schiavo, Bush Nominees Unrelated
Reid Accuses GOP of Arrogance on Courts
Frist Isn't Following Republicans on Criticism of Judges
DeLay Says Federal Judiciary Has Run Amok Adding Congress Is Partly to Blame
Republicans Step Up Attacks on Judiciary
Reid Defends Dems Fight Over Judges
After DeLay Remarks Bush Says He Supports Independent Judiciary
Democrats Criticize Republican Moves to Ban Filibuster
Senator Responds to Editorial on Judges
Senate Confirms 1st Judge of 2nd Bush Term
3 Justices Respond Personally to Criticism of US Judiciary
Republicans May Hasten Showdown on Judicial-Nomination Filibusters
DeLay Defends Effort to Rein In the Courts
DeLay Asks House Panel to Review Judges
Republicans to Go on Offensive Over Judges
Frist Set to Use Religious Stage on Judicial Issue
Reid Calls Frists GOP Politics Radical
GOP's Filibuster Strategy Could Backfire
Frist Accused of Exploiting Religion Issue
McCain irks Republicans over anti-filibuster option
Frist Accused of Exploiting Religion Issue
Judges Battle Transcends Numbers
GOP Chips Away at Dem's Filibuster Efforts
As Vote on Filibuster Nears GOP Senators Face Mounting Pressure
DeLay Outlines Strategy Against Federal Judges
Senate Scrap Over Judges Is Frist's Fight
Senate Heads Toward Showdown on Judges and Filibuster
For Republicans, 2 Women Are Exhibits A and B in Battle on Judicial Appointments
With Party-Line Vote Committee Sends Two Judicial Nominees to Senate
Votes on Judgeships Move Senate Closer to Going Nuclear
Religion at Issue in Judicial Fight
2 Evangelicals Want to Strip Courts Funds
Common ground elusive in US Senate
Cheney Backs End of Filibustering
Frist Seeks Christian Support to Stop Filibusters
GOP Stressing Constitution in Judge Battle
Frist: Don't Leave Nominees Hanging
Poll: Most Americans Oppose Filibuster Rule Change
Senators May Compromise to End Impasse on Judges
Top Senate Democrat Has Plan to Stop Filibuster Ban
Frist Says Republicans Wont Accept Deal on Judicial Nominees
Seven Blocked Judicial Nominees
Gore Blasts GOP Bid to Block Filibusters
Rove and Frist Reject Democrats Compromise Over Bushs Judicial Nominees
Will Rehnquist End 33-Year Career
Cuomo Warns Against Filibuster Changes
Backers of Bush Nominees Begin Ad Campaign
Analysis: Senate Shifts on Filibusters
Ad War Heats Up in the Maneuvering on Judicial Picks
Senate Dispute Over Filibuster Heats Up
Attitudes Toward Filibuster Are About Power Not Partisanship
The filibuster - a debate that has never ended
Reid Says He Doesnt Intend to Filibuster
Maine Is Focus of Senate Battle on Filibuster
Filibuster at Princeton Sends Frist a Message
Filibuster Fight Nears Showdown
Schumer Urges Bush to Rein in Judge Fight
7 Judges Futures Hang in Filibuster Fight
Republicans demand votes on judicial nominees
Jockeying Intensifies in Battle Over Judicial Nominees
Frist plans to use option on nomination of Owen
Bush's Call for Vote on Judges Adds Urgency to Filibuster Battle
After Bombast, Reid Tries a Softer Tone
Princeton's Mock Filibuster Visits DC
Heat applied to Hagel Nelson on judicial filibuster
Democrats Reject a Compromise on Judicial Nominees
Reid Offers Filibuster Deal, Frist Says No
On Split Vote, Senate Panel Endorses Appeals Court Nominee
Democrats Seek to Rally Forces for Showdown Over Judicial Nominees
NC Judge Has Spent 15 Years as A Nominee
Senators Wrangle as Panel Approves Judicial Nominee
Frist to Begin Showdown on Judicial Filibusters Next Week
Republican Moderates in Senate Sense Pressures
One scenario: Chief Justice Scalia
Justice Dept Enters Court Nominee Fight
Senate Republicans to Open Filibuster War Next Week
7 GOP Senators Key in Filibuster Fight
At Center of Senate Showdown a Boxer Takes On a Surgeon
Rove Guided Career of Judicial Nominee in Filibuster Fight
GOP senators hopeful on non-nuclear options
Marathon Filibusters a Thing of the Past
Senate Talks on Judicial Nominees Break Down
Democrats GOP End Talks on Filibusters
Fight Is On at the Grass Roots
In the Senate the Escalation of Rhetoric
Newsview: Politics Goes Extreme in DC
No More 'Mr. Smiths' in American Politics
PR Skills May Decide Filibuster Showdown
Heated Efforts in Senate to Avoid Filibuster Clash
In Appeals Court Nominee Parallels to a Justice Whose Confirmation Stirred Emotions
Senate Talks Continue As Fight on Judges Nears
Senate Debates Bushs Judicial Nominee
A Likely Script for The Nuclear Option
A Guide to Showdown Vote on Filibusters
Church Teacher at Center of Senate Fight
It's time for Rehnquist to retire Rocky Mountain News (December 17, 2004)
Editorial: Going Nuclear Wall Street Journal (January 24, 2005)
Editorial: Take care with judicial fights Denver Post (February 22, 2005)
Editorial: A contradictory Biden Washington Times (March 1, 2005)
Editorial: The Senate on the Brink New York Times (March 6, 2005)
Editorial: The Byrd Option Wall Street Journal (March 7, 2005)
Editorial: Byrd on filibuster-busting Washington Times (March 7, 2005)
Editorial: Filibuster v. Democracy The New Republic (March 23, 2005)
Editorial: The Byrd Option--II Wall Street Journal (April 3, 2005)
Editorial: Attacking a Free Judiciary New York Times (April 5, 2005)
Editorial: The Judges Made Them Do It New York Times (April 6, 2005)
Editorial: The War on Judges Los Angeles Times (April 10, 2005)
Editorial: Bill Frist's Religious War New York Times (April 16, 2005)
The Unregulated Offensive New York Times Magazine (April 17, 2005)
Editorial: Senate dispute turns unsettling Denver Post (April 23, 2005)
Editorial: Let's have real live filibusters Rocky Mountain News (April 24. 2005)
Editorial: The Democrats intimidation tactics Washington Times (April 26, 2005)
Editorial: Founders intentions may be casualty in fight over judges USA Today (April 26, 2005)
Editorial: Nuke the Filibuster Los Angeles Times (April 26, 2005)
Editorial: The Disappearing Wall New York Times (April 26, 2005)
Editorial: To tell the truth Washington Times (April 27, 2005)
Editorial: Leading With the Women New York Times (April 28, 2005)
Editorial: A compromise on the nuclear option Washington Times (April 29, 2005)
Editorial: Advise and Consign Wall Street Journal (Aporil 29, 2005)
Editorial: A No-Compromise Compromise New York Times (May 3, 2005)
Editorial: Frist vs. the obstructionists Washington Times (May 4, 2005)
Editorial: Ending the Senate Impasse Washington Post (May 8, 2005)
Editorial: Unprecedented obstructionism Washington Times (May 12, 2005)
Editorial: The Nelson Option Washington Post (May 12, 2005)
Editorial: A Real Deal on the Filibuster Christian Science Monitor (May 13, 2005)
Editorial: SENATE ARROGANCE An unreasonable refusal to compromise on judges Detroit Free Press (May 13, 2005)
Editorial: Spinning the Fortas filibuster Washington Times (May 13, 2005)
Editorial: Time to vote on Justice Owen Washington Times (May 15, 2005)
Editorial: How We Got Here Wall Street Journal (May 16, 2005)
Editorial: Harry Reid, below the belt Washington Times (May 17, 2005)
Editorial: Byrd's the word Washington Times (May 17, 2005)
Editorial: Showdown in the Senate San Francisco Chronicle (May 17, 2005)
Editorial: Nuclear Disarmament Washington Post (May 17, 2005)
Editorial: Senator Frist Approaches the Brink New York Times (May 18, 2005)
Editorial: Confirm Justice Brown Washington Times (May 18, 2005)
Editorial: Nuke It Already Los Angeles Times (May 18, 2005)
Abortion and Civility in the Senate (April 22, 2005)
Senator Frist Takes to the Pulpit (April 26, 2005)
The Battle Over the Filibuster (April 29, 2005)
When to Use the Filibuster (May 18, 2005)
Prelutsky: The threat from the bench Washington Times (February 28, 2005)
Olin: Courting the Public New York Times (March 2, 2005)
Sowell: High noon for judges Washington Times (March 10, 2005)
Sowell: High noon for judges, Part II Washington Times (March 11, 2005)
Sowell: High noon for judges, Part III Washington Times (March 12, 2005)
Hertzberg: Nuke EmNew Yorker (March 14, 2005)
Ullman: The nuclear option fallout Washington Times (March 16, 2005)
Andres: Majority rule on judges Washington Times (March 17, 2005)
Will: Why Filibusters Should Be Allowed Washington Post (March 20, 2005)
Safire: On Language - Nuclear Options New York Times (March 20, 2005)
Smith: Minority Rules New York Times (March 21, 2005)
Allen: Call Senate Democrats bluff Washington Times (March 22, 2005)
Fein: Jaded political benchmarks Washington Times (March 22, 2005)
Hickok: Advice and consent Washington Times (April 3, 2005)
Martinez: Filibuster Doubletalk Los Angeles Times (April 6, 2005)
Holt: Filibuster--A key check and balance tool Christian Science Monitor (April 7, 2005)
Limbaugh: Invoking the nuclear option Washington Times (April 11, 2005)
Fein: Angst from the bench critics Washington Times (April 12, 2005)
Long: Filibuster myth-busters Washington Times (April 15, 2005)
Sowell: Judges above criticism Washington Times (April 16, 2005)
Cohen: Psst, Justice Scalia, You Know You're an Activist Judge Too New York Times (April 19, 2005)
Brooks: Roe's Birth and Death New York Times (April 21, 2005)
Krauthammer: Judicial Insanity Washington Post (April 22, 2005)
Knight: Filibuster fight a warm-up for the Supreme showdown Denver Post (April 24, 2005)
Rich: High-Tech Lynching in Prime Time New York Times (April 24, 2005)
Purdum: The Masters of the Maybe New York Times (April 24, 2005)
Limbaugh: At stake in filibuster flap Washington Times (April 25, 2005)
Quillen: Justice Sunday belies its name Denver Post (April 26, 2005)
Fein: Filibuster benchmarks Washington Times (April 26, 2005)
Gray: End abuse of filibuster USA Today (April 26, 2005)
Dole: Up, Down or Out New York Times (April 27, 2005)
Thomas: A time for choosing II Washington Times (April 27, 2005)
Sowell: Disinformation Washington Times (April 28, 2005)
Miles: The Unholy Alliance Against the Filibuster Los Angeles Times (April 27, 2005)
DuPont: Sen. Strangelove Wall Street Journal (April 27, 2005)
Frist: Debate and then vote Washington Times (April 29, 2005)
Chavez: Confirmation angst Washington Times (April 29, 2005)
Jeffrey: A savvy justice stalled Washington Times (April 30, 2005)
Rosen: The Brawl That May Erupt Over the High Court New York Times (May 1, 2005)
Brooks: Let's Make a Deal New York Times (May 1, 2005)
Andrews: Why not recall judges Denver Post (May 1, 2005)
Caldera: You want a piece of this Boulder Daily Camera (May 1, 2005)
Kudlow: It's more than judges Washington Times (May 1, 2005)
Lambro: Who's on the high ground Washington Times (May 2, 2005)
Fields: Poetry and politics Washington Times (May 2, 2005)
Greenberg: The Republicans Filibuster Lie Los Angeles Times (May 3, 2005)
Fein: Constitution imperiled Washington Times (May 3, 2005)
Taranto: Why Im Rooting for the Religious Right Wall Street Journal (May 5, 2005)
Chernow: Chopping Off the Weakest Branch New York Times (May 6, 2005)
Wittes: The Hapless Toad Atlantic Monthly (May 2005)
Broder: Senate Democrats Should Make a Deal Washington Post (May 8, 2005)
Caplan: This Fights About More Than Judgeships Washington Post (May 8, 2005)
Andres: Filibusters and misleading phrases Washington Times (May 9, 2005)
Hentoff: Stereotypes and filibusters Washington Times (May 9, 2005)
Baker--Filibuster standof USA Today (May 9, 2005)
Mitchell: The Not-So-Secret History of Filibusters New York Times (May 10, 2005)
Lindberg: Stop the filibustering Washington Times (May 10, 2005)
Mathias: A Bad Option to Take Washington Post (May 12, 2005)
Tyrrell: Judgeship jousting Washington Times (May 13, 2005)
Cohen: Mr. Smith's Lost Cause Washington Post (May 13, 2005)
Krauthammer: Nuclear? No, Restoration Washington Post (May 13, 2005)
Perkins: It Is About Religious Belief Washington Post (May 14, 2005)
Forum-Hispanic solons: End filibuster Washington Times (May 15, 2005)
Weingarten: The Babble Belt Washington Post (May 15, 2005)
Robinson: Judges as Hired Hands Washington Post (May 17, 2005)
Fein: A tipoff judicial ruling Washington Times (May 17, 2005)
Quinn--Dems filibustering of judicial nominations is just politics San Francisco Chronicle (May 15, 2005)
Feinstein: Freedom to disagree San Francisco Chronicle (May 17, 2005)
Lindberg: Lets make a deal Washington Times (May 17, 2005)
Johnson: How filibusters drain quality Washington Times (May 18, 2005)
Morrison: Mushroom Cloud Hovers Over a Bush Judicial Nominee Los Angeles Times (May 18, 2005)
Editorial--The King Lear of the filibuster Rocky Mountain News (February 19, 2005)
Dobson--Dem judicial block is tyranny Denver Post (April 17, 2005)
Harsanyi--Sen Salazar takes judicial turn Denver Post (April 21, 2005)
Sen Salazar Focus spar over judicial nominations Denver Post (April 21, 2005)
Salazar Focus escalating salvos Denver Post (April 22, 2005)
Littwin--Angry Salazar focuses his wrath on Dobson Rocky Mountain News (April 23, 2005)
Carmen--Salazar is the one keeping faith Denver Post (April 24, 2005)
Salazar wins points in filibuster tussle Denver Post (April 26, 2005)
Baca, Sandoval, Montoya: Salazar's courageous filibuster stance undeserving of attacks Rocky Mountain News (May 14, 2005)