This column by Quin Hillyer from last Friday provides a fine overview of the current obstruction of judicial nominees, with special attention to the 600+-day ordeal of D.C. Circuit nominee Peter Keisler. (One minor point: I don’t agree with Hillyer that filibusters of judicial nominees are “arguably unconstitutional”—or at least I think that the arguments for that proposition are clearly without merit—but they’re clearly a radical departure from established Senate practices.)