That
kind of massive legislative backtracking, which has been largely absent in the
filibuster age, could create massive uncertainty for entire industries and create the
kind of nonproductive regulatory compliance work that stifles faster growth.
Bullshit, suggests Chait: Obama has in fact «used exactly the
kind of rhetoric Westen accuses him
of refusing to deploy,» but structural and practical obstacles like «special interest lobbying, the
filibuster, macroeconomic conditions, not to mention certain settled beliefs
of public opinion» can defeat the loftiest
of presidential speeches.
Of course, in light of the current composition of the U.S. Senate and the current President, and the precedent that the «nuclear option» can abolish the filibuster for some kinds of judicial appointments (a parliamentary ruling which is almost surely not justiciable due to express language vesting procedural questions in the U.S. Senate in the Senate and not the courts in the U.S. Constitution), this question is unlikely to present itself any time soo
Of course, in light
of the current composition of the U.S. Senate and the current President, and the precedent that the «nuclear option» can abolish the filibuster for some kinds of judicial appointments (a parliamentary ruling which is almost surely not justiciable due to express language vesting procedural questions in the U.S. Senate in the Senate and not the courts in the U.S. Constitution), this question is unlikely to present itself any time soo
of the current composition
of the U.S. Senate and the current President, and the precedent that the «nuclear option» can abolish the filibuster for some kinds of judicial appointments (a parliamentary ruling which is almost surely not justiciable due to express language vesting procedural questions in the U.S. Senate in the Senate and not the courts in the U.S. Constitution), this question is unlikely to present itself any time soo
of the U.S. Senate and the current President, and the precedent that the «nuclear option» can abolish the
filibuster for some
kinds of judicial appointments (a parliamentary ruling which is almost surely not justiciable due to express language vesting procedural questions in the U.S. Senate in the Senate and not the courts in the U.S. Constitution), this question is unlikely to present itself any time soo
of judicial appointments (a parliamentary ruling which is almost surely not justiciable due to express language vesting procedural questions in the U.S. Senate in the Senate and not the courts in the U.S. Constitution), this question is unlikely to present itself any time soon.