Harry Reid’s decision to use the “nuclear option” and change Senate rules to push through Barack Obama’s nominees for district and appellate-court positions has been rightly mocked as one of the more glaring political blunders of the past two decades. That decision, which he said “had to be done,” has allowed Mitch McConnell to confirm nearly 160 of President Trump’s district-court nominees and 53 circuit-court nominees in a single term. It also set a precedent that made it easier for McConnell to scrap the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees when Democrats refused to vote for cloture on Neil Gorsuch’s nomination.
Lol they kill the filibuster for appointees, we shove it down their throats copying their logic for SCOTUS. We need to fix the filibuster before we leave and dont allow for packing the court. LIMIT THE POWERS!
From the National Review:
Harry Reid’s decision to use the “nuclear option” and change Senate rules to push through Barack Obama’s nominees for district and appellate-court positions has been rightly mocked as one of the more glaring political blunders of the past two decades. That decision, which he said “had to be done,” has allowed Mitch McConnell to confirm nearly 160 of President Trump’s district-court nominees and 53 circuit-court nominees in a single term. It also set a precedent that made it easier for McConnell to scrap the filibuster for Supreme Court nominees when Democrats refused to vote for cloture on Neil Gorsuch’s nomination.
Lol they kill the filibuster for appointees, we shove it down their throats copying their logic for SCOTUS. We need to fix the filibuster before we leave and dont allow for packing the court. LIMIT THE POWERS!