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Originally Posted by Yakk
I will repeat my question.
Did the democrates even seriously threaten to go nuclear?
Threatening to destroy checks and balances, then not doing it out of "being the better man", is not better than not even threatening.
I don't know if the Democrates threatened to change senate policy to prevent the republican minority from having any power. Do you?
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destroy checks and balances? oh boy. The way OUR constitution is written a federal judge needs 51 votes to be confirmed. Perhaps checks and balances are being "destroyed" by the filibustering that keeps the judges from getting a fair vote in the senate? No? oh yeah its the evil republicans destroying checks and balances, not the fair-minded democrats that don't even want to let the vote happen. I'd like someone to show me where in the constitution it says if the minority party wants to keep judicial nominees from becoming federal judges they can demand that 60 votes be required. I'm sorry to say this, but the US Constitution trumps the senate rules every day of the week.
Say what you want about what the republicans have done in the past. It still doesn't change the fact that the US Constitution requires only 51 votes to confirm a federal judge.