Quote Originally Posted by Xiahou
On judicial nominations only.
No. It wasn't a case of cherry-picking only judicial nominations for removal of the fillibuster. It was a case of eliminating the fillibuster option from the executive calendar entirely in order to stop fillibusters for judicial nominations. This method would have been a major change to Senate Rule XXII - the "cloture rule" - far greater than when Republicans ranted and raved back in 1975 when the Dems lowered the number needed for a cloture vote from two-thirds (67) to three-fifths (60).

It wasn't called the "nuclear option" because it was a
smart weapon targetted with precision.