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b_b  ·  2855 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why Liberals Should Back Neil Gorsuch For Supreme Court

Yeah, but the reason the democrats can't filibuster jags like Sessions is because Harry Reid changed the confirmation rules for cabinet secretaries in 2013. Was a bad idea then, and continues to be a bad idea now. The GOP was filibustering almost 100% of stuff at that time, so you could say what choice did he have, but that's a cliff you don't want to fall off of.





kcWDD  ·  2854 days ago  ·  link  ·  

what do you think the odds are the republicans do the same thing to the supreme court nomination process?

b_b  ·  2854 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Probably very high, unfortunately. The only political lesson anyone seems to have learned in the last 6 years is that obstruction works.

kcWDD  ·  2853 days ago  ·  link  ·  

I think the real lesson is that we're outgrowing the fillibuster