The Dems caused their own problems with abortion when Harry Reid, a Dem, nuked the filibuster years ago .Dems got Roe overruled, not Repubs .Yes, nuking the filibuster for Supreme Court nominations paved the way for more conservative justices to be confirmed to the Supreme Court with only a simple majority vote in the Senate. Here are the key points: The Republican-controlled Senate invoked the "nuclear option" in April 2017 to eliminate the 60-vote filibuster requirement for Supreme Court nominees, allowing Neil Gorsuch to be confirmed with just 51 votes.