Original sentence: Estrada's was the first filibuster of any court of appeals nominee.It was also the first filibuster that prevented a judicial nominee from joining a court.Numerous judicial nominees prior to Estrada had been kept off the courts, when the Senate refused to let the nomination out of committee for a floor vote
Edited sentence: Estrada's was also the first purely partisan filibuster of any judicial nominee, and the first filibuster of any judicial nominee that was clearly intended to be perpetual rather than temporary.Estrada's was the first filibuster of any court of appeals nominee, and the first purely partisan filibuster of any judicial nominee.It was also the first filibuster of any judicial nominee that was clearly intended to be perpetual rather than temporary, and also the first filibuster that prevented a judicial nominee from joining a court.Numerous judicial nominees prior to Estrada had been kept off the courts, when the party in power in the Senate refused to let the nomination out of committee for a floor vote, but never before had such a thing been done by the minority party