On the other hand, never before has an obstructionist party prevented so many nominees from receiving a floor vote. Iirc, the pubbies once used this technique on a few atrocious nominees. Payback has been hell.
No, the GOP has not used the filibuster to prevent a floor vote on judicial nominees. They managed to defeat a couple of clintoon's nominees and kept one or two from ever getting out of committee, but they have not filibustered a nominee that has been sent to the committee from the floor.