One day, the filibuster will be gone, and nationwide injunctions will have to follow. Allowing a judge to preliminarily enjoin federal action *with respect to the plaintiffs* may be tenable, but universal injunctions are not.
Biden could have killed the filibuster to pass any legislation he wanted he just didn’t try!
Most folks, in most contexts, give "Self-Determination" an "Amen" ... or at least a foot in the argumentative door. LGBTQ & gender identity rights? ☑ Two-State solution? ☑ Elections vs insurrections? ☑ Maduro's sham election? ☑ Filibuster reform? ☑ 9/Most folks, in most contexts, give "Self-Determination" an "Amen" ... or at least a foot in the argumentative door. LGBTQ & gender identity rights? ☑ Two-State solution? ☑ Elections vs insurrections? ☑ Maduro's sham election? ☑ Filibuster reform? ☑ 9/
Well, if we are going to fantasize on a big win, there are more impacts to consider: - reconfigured Supreme Court - filibuster deceased - anti gerrymandering laws and - voting rights protections enacted What am I forgetting?
Legal question I haven’t figured out yet. Assuming a trifecta and no filibuster how could the government revoke green cards en masse?
You definitely shouldn’t. Filibuster is extremely untrustworthy.
"...the filibuster effectively “empowers senators from the 21 least populous states—representing only 11 percent of the country’s population and only 7 percent of its Black population—to block almost anything" www.firesidestacks.com/p/the-holy-g...
Last Tuesday, Joe Manchin claimed that the Senate filibuster is the “holy grail of democracy,” vowing to withhold his endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris after she suggested that the archaic o...
Indeed....the cosmic irony of the filibuster is that preventing cloture is theoretically designed to continue debate, but in practice it functions almost entirely to give everyone no reason whatsoever to debate.
And yes, next time it could be keeping the Dem off the ballot. I don't generally like this argument, say for the lowering the filibuster threshold. Vance showed last night he'd be ready to swear any Dem committed treason if it benefited him in some way, and he's not alone.
That’s not possible under any current laws that exist. And unless the winning party next month gets a super majority in Congress or wins both houses and kills the filibuster, we’re not getting any major new immigration laws like that.