[robertpaulsen]

Isn't Congress required by the Constitution to give the President its "advice and consent" on nominations? That it must give him a yea or nay on his candidates?

A filibuster on these candidates gives the President nothing. That's not the way I read Article II, Section 2.

[Pfesser]

I agree. I believe that to filibuster a Presidential nominee, as opposed to a law, is unconstitutional. But it doesn't matter what I think. It only matters what the SC thinks.