FabSwingers.com forum: America has gone nuclear

By *ensualtouch15 OP Man
over a year ago

ashby de la zouch

Good or bad for democracy ?

I feel the ramifications are frightening

By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Yay more nuclear weapons.You can neve have enough .Thats gonna blow a whole in his budget..

By *ensualtouch15 OP Man
over a year ago

ashby de la zouch

BBC

I saw this on the BBC and thought you should see it:

Republicans go 'nuclear' to ram through Trump court nominee - http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-39517649

By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

for nominating judges for the supreme court you always needed a 60 vote majority in the senate (this always assured judges couldn't be too left or right leaning as you need a lever of support on both sides to get this done..)

what the republicans have now basically decided to do is change to rules so that in future they voted so that now all you needed was a simple majority (51 votes)

it doesn't really matter for this one (gorsich is replacing scalia, who was about a right leaning thinking as they got) the interesting one is going to be the next one... or two! ruth bader ginsburg is coming up on 85, stephen bayer is coming up on 80... both of those are liberal judges...

if they were to go whilst trump has a republican senate majority.... it could make a huge different in the way rulings are interpreted...

By *isandreTV/TS
over a year ago

Durham

Is it likely the dems can take back control of either house in the mid terms?