and here is who you are dealing with for (R) members on the Judiciary Committee who would need to vote with Democrats to send nominees out of Committee - https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/about/members
Chuck Grassley
John Cornyn
Mike Lee
Ted Cruz
Josh Hawley
Tom Cotton
John Kennedy
Thom Tillis
Marsha Blackburn
You also have a situation that was mentioned here - https://www.democraticunderground.com/100219704986
and the impact of the Senate "Blue Slip" - https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=19706093
Turtle did away with the "Blue Slip" (basically ignoring them) back in 2017 in order to help ram through judges but when Democrats took the Senate again in 2020, they brought that "tradition" back.
ETA - and then there is this - SENATE CONSERVATIVES ANNOUNCE SWEEPING HOLD POLICY ON BIDEN LAWFARE NOMINEES
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