Senate Dems discuss bringing back 60 vote requirement for SCOTUS if they regain power.

[kairos12]

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/democrats-discuss-restoring-filibuster_us_58ebdfa3e4b0ca64d91848e4?jvi&

snip:

After watching Senate Republicans lower the threshold for confirming a Supreme Court justice in order to vote Neil Gorsuch onto the court, Senate Democrats are openly talking about making it harder for themselves to do the same, if and when they regain power.

WTF. That's all I got.

[DFW]

1. Not until we have a 6-3 youthful majority, please!!!

McConnell hasn't taught them ANYTHING?

[50 Shades Of Blue]

2. Yup - WTF sums it up better than I can!

[beachbum bob]

3. No fricken way....

[tazkcmo]

4. Of course!

Sounds reasonable for the spinally challenged.

[Efilroft Sul]

5. Stupid motherfuckers. You PACK the goddamn court in retaliation.

[still_one]

6. Senatory Crhis Murphy: "I don't think republilcans should bet the farm on Democrats reversing

course if and when we take control of the Senate.”

[Else You Are Mad]

7. It seems to me...

That some rich, powerful donors are afraid that the Dems might put a non-corporation loving justice on the court if they gain power. So they told their Senators to bring back the 60 vote threshold. What else could it be? If the dems have the numbers to change the procedure, they have enough votes to block any far-right nominee that Trump could nominate as the rule stands now.

I seriously cannot think of any other reason why they would shoot themselves in the foot like that.

[qdouble]

8. I would say they were pussies, but it'd be an insult to cats

[Dawson Leery]

9. Bullshit!

Should Ginsberg and Kennedy be replaced by right wingers, I will FULLY support packing the court in 2021 to bring balance.

[Voltaire2]

10. Words fail.

[onecaliberal]

11. That

[ecstatic]

12. Their first priority should be fixing our voting system

and ending the massive voter purges being carried out by republicans. Also, we need receipts for our got-damn votes! I have very little faith in our system at this point. Until that issue is resolved, let that nuclear shit stay the way it is. Maybe people will understand that voting is no longer optional. There's literally nothing standing in the republicans way at this point.

[Crunchy Frog]

13. WTF nt.

[4139]

14. It's a strategy to help with 2018 election...

A foil to jab republicans...
I thing using it in senate debates during the 2018 might be effective.