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Conservatives Divided on Whether to Filibuster Judicial Nominee

By | 11.16.09 | 3:43 pm

While one group of leading conservatives is pressing Republican senators to filibuster Obama’s nominee for a seat on the Seventh Circuit Court of Appeals, others are opposing the filibuster attempt.

The Hill reports that 24 leading conservative, led by former Reagan administration Attorney General Edwin Meese, have signed More…