"After Harry Reid, the GOP Shouldn’t Unilaterally Disarm"

[Nuclear Unicorn]

They don't want governance, they want vengeance.

After Harry Reid, the GOP Shouldn’t Unilaterally Disarm

By Orrin G. Hatch And C. Boyden Gray

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The nuclear option allowed President Obama and his allies to reshape the judicial branch dramatically to suit their far-left agenda. And the Democrats were not shy in boasting of their achievement. This summer, after a panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit struck down the administration’s efforts to extend subsidies to the federal ObamaCare exchange—in clear violation of the plain words of the Affordable Care Act and the stated intent of its architects—the newly minted majority of Democratic appointees on that court voted to rehear the case “en banc.” Sen. Reid announced that the “simple math” of the D.C. Circuit’s new majority of Democratic-appointed judges would serve to “vindicate” Democrats’ use of the nuclear option, presumably by preserving the administration’s signature legislative achievement.

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It will fall to the next Republican president to counteract President Obama’s aggressive efforts to stack the federal courts in favor of his party’s ideological agenda. But achieving such balance would be made all the more difficult—if not impossible—if Republicans choose to reinstate the previous filibuster rule now that the damage to the nation’s judiciary has already been done.

http://online.wsj.com/articles/orrin-g-hatch-and-c-boyden-gray-after-harry-reid-the-gop-shouldnt-unilaterally-disarm-1415232867

So, they plan to keep the filibuster disabled for judicial nominations until after they get a GOP president and then, once they have had their fill they will reinstate the filibuster rule before control reverts back to the Democratic party.

[bravenak]

1. I wish we had some manipulative assholes on our side.

But then again, I guess we already do.

[lumberjack_jeff]

2. If they were smart enough to think of this on their own, they'd do it anyway.

"Be nice to us, or we'll be assholes" is an empty threat. They're assholes regardless.

[Dont call me Shirley]

3. Harry Reid is nothing more than a republican in a democrats outfit

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Orin just issued a shot at the Dems

This typical Orin Hatch speech. He is the Senior Rethug in the Senate and third in line for the Presidency. What ol Orin says is he is telling McTurtle to go Nuke. No more filibusterers and no Minority reports. You all just sit back and watch how the Nuke option works. And away we go back to the stone age.

[al_liberal]

5. Their recent MO has been to make the Democrats do their dirty work.

They've wanted to end the filibuster for years, they just forced us do it. They've had their sights set on cutting Social Security for years but they used a feint to get Pres Obama to agree. It's the same MO that got Pres Clinton to "end welfare as we know it". So no, they won't re-instate the filibuster, they will end it entirely because we blazed that trail for them.

[libtodeath]

6. Change it back in the lame duck session

fuck them,the turnout numbers show that they dont have the mandate they think.