While I agree these tools deserve a bullet against a wall - and that calling in the Marines would be immediately satisfying, the precedent that sets for when a Democrat (eventually) inevitably wins is terrifying. I mean, Obomber already set the precedent for Extrajudicial Assassination of US Citizens (even if I won't cry for those scumbags). We have to be careful we don't get hung by our own pitards / be hubristic like the Dems destroying the institutions that would've prevented us from ramming ABC home, had they not been so focused on momentary victories at the cost of long term consequences.
If the Democrats ever take power again we are done as a nation, they won't wait to boil the frog again. People here keep thinking we're still in normal times where there's a back and forth between R and D. The Dems are not a normal political party anymore, they are a full blown communist insurrection and will act as such the second they get in. The only way forward is for the Dems to no longer exist as a national force. We need to move forward with that plan, not hedge our bets against an eventual Democrat win. It won't be like Obama next time around where we wait 8 years then get Trump, it'll be a full blown Red October.
If the Senate changes the rules, it only takes a simple majority to change them back. That's how they eliminated the judicial filibuster in the first place.
If the Democrats change the rules, ram through legislation, and then change the rules back, Republicans will just do the same thing the next time they're in control (if it ever happens).
They can change it so that a rule change requires 60 votes, but THAT rule can be changed by a simple majority vote.
The Supreme Court previously ruled that Congress can make its own rules by a simple majority vote, and no Congress can impose rules binding on a future Congress. The filibuster rule is a custom the Senate follows, but it can be changed at any time.
Senators are reluctant to eliminate the filibuster rule, even when in the majority, because they know they will be in the minority again soon. If there was no filibuster, for example, the Republicans could have straight up repealed Obamacare in 2017.
While I agree these tools deserve a bullet against a wall - and that calling in the Marines would be immediately satisfying, the precedent that sets for when a Democrat (eventually) inevitably wins is terrifying. I mean, Obomber already set the precedent for Extrajudicial Assassination of US Citizens (even if I won't cry for those scumbags). We have to be careful we don't get hung by our own pitards / be hubristic like the Dems destroying the institutions that would've prevented us from ramming ABC home, had they not been so focused on momentary victories at the cost of long term consequences.
If the Democrats ever take power again we are done as a nation, they won't wait to boil the frog again. People here keep thinking we're still in normal times where there's a back and forth between R and D. The Dems are not a normal political party anymore, they are a full blown communist insurrection and will act as such the second they get in. The only way forward is for the Dems to no longer exist as a national force. We need to move forward with that plan, not hedge our bets against an eventual Democrat win. It won't be like Obama next time around where we wait 8 years then get Trump, it'll be a full blown Red October.
If the Senate changes the rules, it only takes a simple majority to change them back. That's how they eliminated the judicial filibuster in the first place.
If the Democrats change the rules, ram through legislation, and then change the rules back, Republicans will just do the same thing the next time they're in control (if it ever happens).
They can change it so that a rule change requires 60 votes, but THAT rule can be changed by a simple majority vote.
The Supreme Court previously ruled that Congress can make its own rules by a simple majority vote, and no Congress can impose rules binding on a future Congress. The filibuster rule is a custom the Senate follows, but it can be changed at any time.
Senators are reluctant to eliminate the filibuster rule, even when in the majority, because they know they will be in the minority again soon. If there was no filibuster, for example, the Republicans could have straight up repealed Obamacare in 2017.