Trump laid out his plan for keeping Republicans in power indefinitely alongside Hungarian Prime Minister and ‘illiberal democracy’ proponent Viktor Orban
It’s “terminate the filibuster” which makes sense since the Dems are currently using it to stop authoritarian policies from making it through.
That being said, the filibuster is highly anti-democratic in nature and I would not be sad to see it removed entirely from the system. Remember, it can and has been used to fight legislation like the Civil Rights Act as well.
It’s “terminate the filibuster” which makes sense since the Dems are currently using it to stop authoritarian policies from making it through.
That being said, the filibuster is highly anti-democratic in nature and I would not be sad to see it removed entirely from the system. Remember, it can and has been used to fight legislation like the Civil Rights Act as well.
Shumer is talking about giving in and kicking the can down the road.