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CIA Pete explains why Zohran Mamdani is popular (lemmy.ml)

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[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 2 months ago (2 children)

but it can also decide that a simple majority didn't have the power to enact multibillion dollar legislation by the strict wording of its own rules.

You are not understanding what the Senate is doing here. The "Nuclear Option" is the Senate rewriting its rules. They absolutely have that power. It's specifically enumerated in the Constitution.

The court does not have the constitutional authority to demand the Senate follow a previous version of its rules. The court must accept the new rules the Senate writes for itself, because the Constitution gives them the power to establish such rules.

[–] goferking0@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

You are not understanding

FYI that is the norm for them

[–] finitebanjo@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

The Nuclear Option has never been used to rewrite its rules but to change how the rules have been interpreted, such as in 2013 and 2017 where the ability to filibuster was not extended to SCOTUS nominations and presidential cabinet picks. To rewrite the senate rules requires 67 senators, I was mistaken earlier when I said 60, as outlined in the 1975 fillibuster reform OR it could even take 100 votes as outlined in the Senate rules Article 5

V. SUSPENSION AND AMENDMENT OF THE RULES

No motion to suspend, modify, or amend any rule, or any part thereof, shall be in order, except on one day's notice in writing, specifying precisely the rule or part proposed to be suspended, modified, or amended, and the purpose thereof. Any rule may be suspended without notice by the unanimous consent of the Senate, except as otherwise provided by the rules.

The rules of the Senate shall continue from one Congress to the next Congress unless they are changed as provided in these rules.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 2 months ago

The Nuclear Option has never been used to rewrite its rules but to change how the rules have been interpreted

A distinction without a relevant difference: The court would be required to follow the later interpretation, not the earlier one.