NRA Petitions Supreme Court to Hear Peruta v. San Diego

[steve4102]

Sorry, the democrats have already invoked the "nuclear option" regarding federal judges. It would only take a small rule change by the republican leadership to change it to include Supreme Court justices.

Yeah, so what. federal judges are not Supreme Court Justices.
A rule change requires how many votes?

The nuclear or constitutional option is a parliamentary procedure that allows the U.S. Senate to override a rule or precedent by a simple majority of 51 votes, instead of by a supermajority of 60 votes. The presiding officer of the United States Senate rules that the validity of a Senate rule or precedent is a constitutional question. They immediately put the issue to the full Senate, which decides by majority vote. The procedure thus allows the Senate to decide any issue by majority vote, even though the rules of the Senate specify that ending a filibuster requires the consent of 60 senators (out of 100) for legislation, 67 for amending a Senate rule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option

[Rip Van Winkle]

Um, no. The democrats invoked the "nuclear option" back in 2013 when the republicans were filibustering their federal judge nominees.

The so called "nuclear option" was a senate rule change passed by the democrats by a majority vote. The republicans can pass a similar rule change including Supreme Court nominees with a similar majority vote.