MoreSenate GOP Blocks Bill on Contraception CoverageStudy: Judicial Vacancies Are Jamming Up the SystemSenate Rushes to Confirm Obama’s Judicial NomineesSure, the Senate has been a wasteland for eight months now, but for some Democrats it was worth sacrificing what little comity was left in the name of a bigger legacy builder for President Obama: taking the “nuclear option” on the filibuster so they could prevent Repubicans from jamming up appointments to the federal courts.