A hostile Senate minority is using the filibuster tactic to prevent a vote on Presidential nominees to the Federal bench purely for ideological reasons. They just do not like what these otherwise highly qualified judges believe. In so doing, they are behaving as if the Senate is supposed to have equal say with the president in deciding who sits on the court. That is nonsense. The Constitution says the nomination and appointment is made by the president alone. The Senate is to give its advice and consent—not demand ideological purity.
 
Even California's Dianne Feinstein has acknowledged that filibuster abuse is not "the honest thing to do." Of course, that was back in 1999, when Bill Clinton was in the White House when she believed that "it is our job to confirm these nominees. If we don't like them, we can vote against them."

We must take a stand for filibuster reform. Let your senators know you are tired of their “partisan gamesmanship!” Urge them to restore the Senate tradition to a simple 51-vote majority to confirm judicial nominees. Then let the Senate join together in a true “democratic” VOTE of yes or no. As Senator Feinstein has said, it is “the honest thing to do.”