Ted Cruz has already called for the process to get delayed for the next president. (Which seems ridiculous to me, since that&#x27;s not in line with either Cruz&#x27;s or Scalia&#x27;s commitment to constitutionalism and the rule of law, but hey.)<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;tedcruz&#x2F;status&#x2F;698634625246195712" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;twitter.com&#x2F;tedcruz&#x2F;status&#x2F;698634625246195712</a><p>The Senate had been (apparently) filibustering presidential appointments quite a bit more of late, both Democrats against Bush and Republicans against Obama, concluding in the Republican-devised &quot;nuclear option&quot; being used by the Democrats in 2013. Nominations by the president now only require a simple majority, not a supermajority, with the specific exception of Supreme Court nominees.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate#Recent_filibusters_of_nominations" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Filibuster_in_the_United_State...</a><p>It would not be surprising at all to see the same sort of filibustering that was previously applied to both Obama and Bush&#x27;s nominations be applied to whomever Obama nominates to the Supreme Court.