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Well, that assumes that the President won't veto the bill.
Also, the President appoints court nominees, the Senate does "advise or consent."
of course I am considering a period in the future when the President is a republican.... that being said, history tends to repeat. that day is coming and Dingy Harry just made it more simple for Republicans to get rid of that law...
It is a very sad day for this country. One of the last vestiges of the balance of power is gone. Out is 225 years of precedence. I predict that the day will come when Democrat senators will rue this day. What would there be to stop a Republican senate to change the rules again to include the Supreme Count and a Republican president would pack the court with conservative judges. It could happen! I've been alive long enough to see Democrats in control of the senate and see Republicans in control of the senate.
Yet another step closer to fundamentally changing America.
Democrats haven't forgotten that things can change. This isn't an ideal option and nobody is gleeful over this. It's a last resort and a bitter pill, but look at what's happening and realize there isn't much choice. Our political system is past broken and needs to be nuked, does it really matter what "side" starts it? It's inevitable, we are already sinking fast.
Why wasnt it a "bitter pill" when Democrats were blocking nominations?
Why is it different today than back in 2005 when Frist suggested doing this?
Democrats haven't forgotten that things can change. This isn't an ideal option and nobody is gleeful over this. It's a last resort and a bitter pill, but look at what's happening and realize there isn't much choice. Our political system is past broken and needs to be nuked, does it really matter what "side" starts it? It's inevitable, we are already sinking fast.
I disagree. Our political system is working just fine. It's all about checks and balances and what is going on is only a natural outbreak when one party shoves a highly unpopular law down another party's throat. And then not only doesn't it work, but every promise made to the American public turns out to be a lie.
What happens when the shoe is on the other foot?
Wasn't Harry Reid complaining about Bush's appointments and filibustered them?
Huh. The GOP has made history once again. In a very bad way.
And no one in Washington thought that the GOP wouldn't do the exactly the same thing the second they ever get a Senate majority, mainly because they know they abused the filibuster in historic proportions and Dems would respond in kind as a minority.
I disagree. Our political system is working just fine. It's all about checks and balances and what is going on is only a natural outbreak when one party shoves a highly unpopular law down another party's throat. And then not only doesn't it work, but every promise made to the American public turns out to be a lie.
Why wasnt it a "bitter pill" when Democrats were blocking nominations?
Why is it different today than back in 2005 when Frist suggested doing this?
It's about order of magnitude --- McConnelll and company have employed it in greater frequency for the flimsiest of reasons. See jmqueen's graph for reference.
Breaking! Senate Democrats vote "Nuclear Option on filibusters!
From the OP's link:
The rules change only applies to executive and judicial nominees, not Supreme Court nominees.
More like a firecracker than a nuke. But then, the "liberal media" tend to make everything blown up to 10x life size. They're competing against smart phones for your attention.
Obama just essentially declared the party system in the US obstructive and obsolete justifying his mandate to be carried out for the good of the people.
He joins other historical dictators who have been reviled, prosecuted and forcefully removed.
Obama's flag says .... "NO NEGOTIATION"
We are finished as a nation.
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Breaking! Senate Democrats vote "Nuclear Option on filibusters!
