http://www.dailykos.com/stories/2016/4/14/1514920/-Senate-Republicans-willing-to-use-the-filibuster-to-make-a-deadlocked-Supreme-Court-permanent
"Republicans are talking filibuster again—and out both sides of their mouths. If they keep the Republican majority and by some miracle gain the White House, they'll happily go nuclear and get rid of the filibuster for a Republican nominee. If, however, things don't go their way in November, they're considering blocking a nominee indefinitely, never mind what the voters have to say about it."