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user-inactivated  ·  2935 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Here Is What Donald Trump Wants To Do In His First 100 Days

They will immediately begin filibustering. But it's a stopgap solution.

Generally speaking I think it will work occasionally, enough that Trump's list is foreshortened but not defeated. From a practical standpoint, a lot will depend on which of his policies go through and which are stonewalled, because I like some and dislike others, but I can't count on anyone in Congress from either party to agree with my specific perspective.





b_b  ·  2935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Will be most interesting to see their position vis Supreme Court. Considering McCain's position that Clinton not be allowed to nominate a justice at all, Chuck Shumer might as well come out and say that we need to wait for the next president so that the people can have a say in the Court. It's an absurdist position, but not any more so than McConnell's. I'm not in favor of the government grinding to a halt, but I also don't expect for there to be no reciprocity from Shumer, given McConnell's behavior since 2010.

user-inactivated  ·  2935 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Justice nomination has always been a glaring problem in our system. There isn't a particularly fair way to do it, especially now that justices are contemplating early retirement in order to secure a like-minded successor. I don't know if anyone has put forward broad solutions to the perverse incentives we have now.