Nuclear Bomb in the Senate

I am not shocked by the extremism of the Senate, after all, a majority of them follow an extremist President.  Removing the filibuster from Senate rules on Court nominations is a dangerous move.  This move empowers the majority, no matter how slim, to pass nominations on the slimmest of margins.  Over a Presidential term or two, there can be large amounts of nominations. This change is short sighted, as it moves us from a Republic towards a Democracy. Thomas Jefferson and James Madison warned of this downfall in the Federalist Papers. This check and balance to slow bad nominations (both parties have them) has now been eliminated. So, if you want an activist Judge on the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to undermine appeals to EPA regulations, such as Obama does, then you appoint extremists whom your own party will support.  It becomes majority rule, and there is nothing the minority party at the time can do.  This undermines 200+ years of precedent and speeds the process for the majority party of the time.