It's the Rules, Stupid
Again, enough with this silliness and lies!
Remember this when you hear someone going on and on about Filibuster this, Filibuster that, the real issue with the Nucelar Crybaby Option is that it breaks the rules.
Again: The Nuclear Option is wrong not because it will end Judicial Filibusters, but because it does so by breaking Senate rules.
Let me say that again for good measure: Republicans who claim to value tradition are going to eliminate the Judicial Filibuster by fiat, outside Senate Rules, outside Senate procedure, outside Senate precedent, and all the while overruling the Senate Parliamentarian. And then they lie to themselves and to the people of America about it.
The way to change Senate Rules to eliminate the Judicial Filibuster, is by amending Senate Rules with 67 Senators voting "Aye." Of course Senator Frist does not have the votes to do this, so he along with the Republican Party, are set to break the rules. No veneer of reason or logic can hide this fact. Also, ancillary arguments such as Democrats Hate Black Woman, or this is the "restoration of some precedent," or some sort of misread of the Constitution claiming that all nominees must be voted upon, or the number of hours of debate, or some other crap reason. This is about abuse of power, and breaking the rules.
Anything else is just lipstick on the pig.
If you really wanted to change the rules to eliminate the Judicial Filibuster, the Constitutional Option is not by breaking the Senate Rules, but by actually following the rules - which the Republican Party is set to break.
The Republican Party can now never claim the title of the party of law.
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