Senate Democrats restricted the filibuster for circuit-court nominees in 2013.
Notes on verification
Well documented by multiple independent contemporaneous and retrospective sources (Washington Post, NPR, Heritage Foundation) confirming the 2013 'nuclear option' vote that eliminated filibusters for most judicial and executive nominees, including circuit court nominees. [tier=silver indep_score=0.917 clusters=3 claim_tier=notable]
Sources
- McConnell Undid 213 Years of Senate History in 33 Minutes (seed:politics_and_current_events)
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/senate-poised-to-limit-filibusters-in-party-line-vote-that-would-alter-centuries-of-precedent/2013/11/21/d065cfe8-52b6-11e3-9fe0-fd2ca728e67c_story.html (corroboration)
- https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2013/11/21/246539731/will-senate-democrats-deploy-the-nuclear-option (corroboration)
- https://www.heritage.org/political-process/commentary/5-years-after-going-nuclear-democrats-have-reaped-what-they-sowed (corroboration)