He can't get judicial nominees out of the judicial committee....he won't be sitting on it. My guess is he won't do anything but vote with Dems.
People seem to think the Senate is going to become a very active, proficient, fast moving legislative body.... LOL. Heck they can't even get the normal scheduled work they have to do done and now are faced with a lame duck session just to get the funding, etc. passed. They will complete the selected items they are returning for on Nov. 12 in the lame duck session and then adjourn sine die, imo. One Senator can tie that body up in knots for a long time should they want to.
It took them some 20 days or so just to complete their rule making and organizing when they began the 107th Congress in Jan. 2001. I'm not sure what the Senate rules say but I'd bet there is no way to bring a Judicial nominee to the floor without it coming from or through the Judiciary Committee.