Why on earth would Durbin make this suggestion? Does he really think the GOP will uphold their part of the deal?
Have the Dems learned NOTHING? You cannot trust republicans. They lie. They cheat. The words Merrick Garland and Amy Comey Barrett should never ever be forgotten!!!
I think there are other “ifs” that are more salient at this point, Stevens. How many millions of people vote in America? 154.6 MILLION.
Our elections are non-competitive. We have to reform the electoral process. Americans shouldn’t have to live in anxiety for months on end, worrying about RFK and his spoiler vote campaign.
With electoral reform, spoiler votes / vote splitting would not be a problem. It CAN be fixed. Ranked choice voting can be implemented in many different ways. It’s the fastest growing electoral reform movement for good reason. Elections come down to math. SCOTUS green-lit partisan gerrymanders. The state legislature in NC has a supermajority even though the state is about a third GOP, Dem, and unaffiliated.
This is mealymouthed Republicanism at its finest. I'm still angry about Merrick Garland. Even if the results of the 2016 election weren't affected by his appointment, there would still be one less seditious clown on the SJC today.
Great writing Justin. I am putting out more lists of Biden’s accomplishments and I’m seeing many others do the same. I’m tired of hearing people cower about what the right wing media puts out. We need to promote these writings and the facts and let them take on a life of their own. That will have the rescumliCons shitting more bricks! 😀 Keep it going!
Why I democrat would be "open" to this is incomprehensible, particularly after what DEMENTIA DON and his sycophants did to our judiciary. Beyond that, it’s contrary to everything we’re taught to believe in to allow the 2 senators from each state to veto a judicial nominee all by themselves. This is the way that the CORRUPT senate works, allowing a minority of members to obstruct action through filibusters and other odious techniques.
WTH is wrong with Dick Durbin? Hasn’t he seen and had enough of GOP bullshit? Anything Fright Wig Blackburn is against, I’m for. She is idiocy personified.
No no no no no. When Obama had an appointment to the SC six months before the election he was asked by republicans to do the decent thing and waive it. Two weeks before the election Trump used his. Democrats need to stop playing nice and doing the decent thing because Republicans never ever will.
I may not be remembering this perfectly, but I remember the "gentleman" from Kentucky swaggering about and refusing to hold a vote on any Obama SC nominee. Democrats didn't control the Senate in 2020, so they couldn't return the favor.
Perhaps it's my bias, but I'm also convinced that democrat appointees to the judiciary are more thoughtful and less likely to put their political biases to the fore. You'll have a fair judiciary all round.
Dems need to start pointing out the many ways the GOP cheat in elections. Gerrymandering, voter purges, adding hurdles to be jumped, including not providing sufficient voting machines in heavily Dem areas, ID laws, fewer early voting days, not allowing mail-in ballots postmarked election day or before to count if they arrive after election day. Now they are pursuing law suits, using the same judicial pet in Texas that overturned the FDA's approval of the abortion pills. The most recent one, I think, is to disallow mail-in ballots to be counted if received after election day, even if postmarked on or before election day. The GOP can only win by committing election fraud, massive election fraud!! I forgot to mention the very worst example: enlisting foreign countries to reduce oil production and raise the price of gas.
It seems a pretty safe bet that the rethuglicans would simply turn around and remove it again if they had the power. Limp Dick must be demented if he can’t remember how rethuglicans work. There is plenty of evidence visible to all, so maybe Limp Dick is vision impaired as well.
The Senate must do away with the filibuster and blue slips and do it in such a way as to never let them be used again.
California has 40 million residents, two Senators. Wyoming has less than one million residents, two Senators. Isn't that lopsided enough, for dog sake?!
I must admit that I find some aspects of the US election system bewildering, but I guess it's not all that different from ours (UK). The 650 constituencies making up the UK, each of which have a single MP (Member of Parliament) representing them also vary quite a bit in population, ranging from 21,000 to 113,000. And the Tories also gerrymander by changing the boundaries, albeit not as flagrantly or frequently as the GOP.
Why on earth would Durbin make this suggestion? Does he really think the GOP will uphold their part of the deal?
Have the Dems learned NOTHING? You cannot trust republicans. They lie. They cheat. The words Merrick Garland and Amy Comey Barrett should never ever be forgotten!!!
Correct. They won’t. They follow the rules.
The Republicans didn't cheat: they blew up previous norms because they could, because Democrats lost elections.
If more Dems voted to keep the Senate in Obama's second term, and if 70K more Dems in 3 states voted for Hillary, we're not in the mess we're in.
I think there are other “ifs” that are more salient at this point, Stevens. How many millions of people vote in America? 154.6 MILLION.
Our elections are non-competitive. We have to reform the electoral process. Americans shouldn’t have to live in anxiety for months on end, worrying about RFK and his spoiler vote campaign.
With electoral reform, spoiler votes / vote splitting would not be a problem. It CAN be fixed. Ranked choice voting can be implemented in many different ways. It’s the fastest growing electoral reform movement for good reason. Elections come down to math. SCOTUS green-lit partisan gerrymanders. The state legislature in NC has a supermajority even though the state is about a third GOP, Dem, and unaffiliated.
Frustrating as all hell, isn't it?
This is mealymouthed Republicanism at its finest. I'm still angry about Merrick Garland. Even if the results of the 2016 election weren't affected by his appointment, there would still be one less seditious clown on the SJC today.
Great writing Justin. I am putting out more lists of Biden’s accomplishments and I’m seeing many others do the same. I’m tired of hearing people cower about what the right wing media puts out. We need to promote these writings and the facts and let them take on a life of their own. That will have the rescumliCons shitting more bricks! 😀 Keep it going!
Why I democrat would be "open" to this is incomprehensible, particularly after what DEMENTIA DON and his sycophants did to our judiciary. Beyond that, it’s contrary to everything we’re taught to believe in to allow the 2 senators from each state to veto a judicial nominee all by themselves. This is the way that the CORRUPT senate works, allowing a minority of members to obstruct action through filibusters and other odious techniques.
"a", not "I".
WTH is wrong with Dick Durbin? Hasn’t he seen and had enough of GOP bullshit? Anything Fright Wig Blackburn is against, I’m for. She is idiocy personified.
Illinoisans need to reconsider supporting Mr. Durbin.
I sure am.
No no no no no. When Obama had an appointment to the SC six months before the election he was asked by republicans to do the decent thing and waive it. Two weeks before the election Trump used his. Democrats need to stop playing nice and doing the decent thing because Republicans never ever will.
I may not be remembering this perfectly, but I remember the "gentleman" from Kentucky swaggering about and refusing to hold a vote on any Obama SC nominee. Democrats didn't control the Senate in 2020, so they couldn't return the favor.
I'm not sure they would have even if they had controlled the senate, at least not for all of them.
Perhaps it's my bias, but I'm also convinced that democrat appointees to the judiciary are more thoughtful and less likely to put their political biases to the fore. You'll have a fair judiciary all round.
Trying to recall how Butch Cassidy handled that knife fight…. 🧐😏
And when alito gets ousted and Thomas is shamed into retirement Biden can appoint to legitimate judges.
But only if the Dems keep the Senate.
Yes and they will
Dems need to start pointing out the many ways the GOP cheat in elections. Gerrymandering, voter purges, adding hurdles to be jumped, including not providing sufficient voting machines in heavily Dem areas, ID laws, fewer early voting days, not allowing mail-in ballots postmarked election day or before to count if they arrive after election day. Now they are pursuing law suits, using the same judicial pet in Texas that overturned the FDA's approval of the abortion pills. The most recent one, I think, is to disallow mail-in ballots to be counted if received after election day, even if postmarked on or before election day. The GOP can only win by committing election fraud, massive election fraud!! I forgot to mention the very worst example: enlisting foreign countries to reduce oil production and raise the price of gas.
It seems a pretty safe bet that the rethuglicans would simply turn around and remove it again if they had the power. Limp Dick must be demented if he can’t remember how rethuglicans work. There is plenty of evidence visible to all, so maybe Limp Dick is vision impaired as well.
It’s a pretty safe bet like betting that a dropped rock will fall downwards.
Drain that ReThug swamp!!🤬
The Senate must do away with the filibuster and blue slips and do it in such a way as to never let them be used again.
California has 40 million residents, two Senators. Wyoming has less than one million residents, two Senators. Isn't that lopsided enough, for dog sake?!
I must admit that I find some aspects of the US election system bewildering, but I guess it's not all that different from ours (UK). The 650 constituencies making up the UK, each of which have a single MP (Member of Parliament) representing them also vary quite a bit in population, ranging from 21,000 to 113,000. And the Tories also gerrymander by changing the boundaries, albeit not as flagrantly or frequently as the GOP.
Stupidity is their brand.
Great column today!
Very interesting commentary - perhaps some Republicans don’t want the “civil war” the extremists have in mind to capture control of the country.