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In response to "So, if the Dems remove the filibuster now, could they just vote it back in October of next year?" by Inigo

It’s the precedent that it sets. There would be nothing to stop the gop from removing it again next time they are in charge. -- (edited)

Posted by znufrii Mar 5 '21, 06:56

50/50 they do it anyway though.

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The GOP will most likely remove it either way if they gain power back. - Inigo Mar 5, 06:58 9
- I mean they’ve had every chance to do it and haven’t. -- nm - spamlet Mar 5, 07:09 8
  - They haven't needed to, and where they did, it was removed: Judges -- nm - TWuG Mar 5, 07:16 1
    - And then they removed it for the Supreme Court. -- nm - pmb Mar 5, 07:27
  - It would have done them no good when they had the Senate but the Dems had the House. -- nm - Inigo Mar 5, 07:11 5
    - 2017-2019 they had the House, the Senate, and the Presidency -- nm - crash davis Mar 5, 07:13 4
      - And what got stopped by the filibuster during that time (nothing IIRC) -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 07:14 3
        
        And all sorts of stuff got kicked out of the tax cuts by the Parliamentarian. -- nm - spamlet Mar 5, 07:19
        
        You don't think they would have passed all sorts of crazy shit with the chance to? -- nm - spamlet Mar 5, 07:16 1
        
        Why would they bother with legislation when their main focus has been cementing their ideological control of the courts? - znufrii Mar 5, 07:28
The GOP will do it themselves eventually. The question really is only when. -- nm - IAmQale Mar 5, 06:57
The GOP's gonna do it the first time they need/want anyway. -- nm - ty97 Mar 5, 06:57 3
- Honestly I don't care. Use the advantage you have to institute the changes and policies you want in place. If they change them, they change them. -- (edited) - Volnelk Mar 5, 07:14
- Except Dems will probably just manage to roll over anyway so Mitch won’t actually need to go that far. -- (edited) - znufrii Mar 5, 06:59
- Yes. We've moved past the point of realizing they're not just opportunistic and craven, but truly vile and dangerous. So, thanks Trump? -- nm - IAmQale Mar 5, 06:58

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It’s the precedent that it sets. There would be nothing to stop the gop from removing it again next time they are in charge. -- (edited)

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