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JudgeNominationDerail_050425.sPubDate = "4/25/2005 7:30:49 PM GMT";
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JudgeNominationDerail_050425.appHeader = "Fact file|Four ways to derail a judicial nominee";
JudgeNominationDerail_050425.appDeck = "Here are the ways in which senators of both parties have delayed and in some cases killed judicial nominations.";
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JudgeNominationDerail_050425[i-1].body = "<b><font color=cc0000>Filibuster</font></b><br>A minority of senators holds the Senate floor and talks. Even the threat of a filibuster can prevent a vote on a nominee. Under Senate rules, it takes 60 votes to &#147;invoke cloture,&#148; ending a filibuster. Since 1968, the Senate has voted on cloture motions on 27 judicial nominations. In 1968, President Johnson withdrew his nomination of Abe Fortas to be chief justice after a cloture vote failed. In a few other cases, the attempt to invoke cloture failed, but the nominations were later confirmed. ";

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JudgeNominationDerail_050425[i-1].body = "<b><font color=cc0000>\"Blue slip\"</font></b><br>A tradition which allows a senator to block a judicial nominee from his home state. The Judiciary Committee sends each of the home-state senators a blue sheet of paper with two boxes, to indicate approval or disapproval. If one of the senators disapproves or refuses to return the blue slip, the nominee is often blocked. Sen. John Edwards, D-N.C. refused to return blue slips for three Bush judicial nominees, blocking votes on them.";

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JudgeNominationDerail_050425[i-1].body = "<b><font color=cc0000>No committee hearing</font></b><br>The committee chairman can decide to not schedule a hearing; therefore the nomination doesn&#146;t move to the Senate floor for a vote. During Bill Clinton's presidency, the Judiciary Committee failed to hold hearings for 55 of his judicial nominees.<br> <p>";

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JudgeNominationDerail_050425[i-1].body = "<b><font color=cc0000>Anonymous \"hold\"</font></b><br>An informal Senate tradition which allows a senator from the majority party to request that the Majority Leader postpone a vote on a nominee, ostensibly to allow the senator more time to gather information on the nominee. ";

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