Democratic leaders are ratcheting up the judicial wars in the Senate, taking direct aim at Republicans who have threatened to block any high-level court nominees until the November elections.

On Thursday, Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) filed a procedural motion to bring up the nomination of Robert Bacharach of Oklahoma to serve on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit, daring Republicans to block a nominee supported by both parties. Sixty votes would be needed on Monday evening to prevent a filibuster from derailing the nomination.

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