Op-Ed: The filibuster is unconstitutional. Here’s how Vice President Harris can take it on
“By ERWIN CHEMERINSKY AND BURT NEUBORNE MARCH 22, 2021 3:15 AM PT “There is a clear next step in changing the Senate filibuster: Vice President Kamala Harris, as presiding officer of the Senate, can — and should — declare the current Senate filibuster rule unconstitutional. This would open the door for discussions on a new…
Is Reforming the Filibuster Worth the Risk?
It’s fair to say that the filibuster, a relic of the Jim Crow era, has allowed the GOP under Mitch McConnell to turn the Senate into the graveyard of all good legislation. Under this system, the next good legislation to die there will be H.R.1 (“For the People Act of 2021“), “the most sweeping…
Georgia wants to outlaw giving water to voters as they wait for hours in line to get to the polls.
Here is a single line from historian Heather Cox Richardson‘s dispatch (“Letters from an American“) summarizing today’s most important events: “Among the things Georgia wants to outlaw is giving water to voters as they wait for hours in line to get to the polls.” If you are not yet getting her free daily digest,…
Trump invitation to Michigan lawmakers could spark state and federal political crisis
By Austin Sarat, Amherst College The state of Michigan, and the United States as a whole, may face a political crisis brought on by President Donald Trump’s continuing efforts to undo the 2020 election results. On Nov. 19, the president invited Republican lawmakers from Michigan to the White House, apparently to pressure them to…