Black leaders and conservative senators join forces to break the filibuster on judicial nominees—starting with Janice Rogers Brown. Black church leaders and conservative senators are pressing for an up-or-down vote as judicial nominee Janice Rogers Brown heads for the Senate floor. Bishop Harry Jackson is joining Sens. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., and Sam Brownback, R-Kan., in touting the well-qualified nominee. Brown, a Supreme Court justice in California, was one of two nominees that made it out of the Senate Judiciary Committee last week—the other was Priscilla Owen of Texas. "Today we wanted to focus on Janice Rogers Brown," Brownback said. "She's...