Extraordinary Circumstances

Part of the deal struck in the US Senate last night to keep judicial filibusters and to kill the nominations of at least four nominees (Kavanaugh, Haynes, Saad and Myers)was the Democrats promise not to filibuster except under "extraordinary circumstances". There's been some debate and foolish optimism about the meaning, but today in the Washington Times we learn,

Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro-Choice America, said her group was "heartened that the crisis has been averted and the right to filibuster preserved for upcoming Supreme Court nominations. We are confident that a Supreme Court nominee who won't even state a position on Roe v. Wade is the kind of 'extraordinary circumstance' this deal envisions."

Expect this definition to get broader as Democratic necessity requires.