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The Democrats did. And it doesn’t matter: they were right to do so. Here’s why. The GOP filibuster of Goodwin Liu (who has since withdrawn his candidacy) has led to all sort of recriminations. “You violated the “Gang of 14″ agreement!” “Oh yeah? You filibustered Miguel Estrada.” And on and on. Dahlia Lithwick suggests that [...]
Archive for the ‘Democrats in Congress’ Category
May 27th, 2011
May 23rd, 2011
Category: Law Notes, The Dysfunctional Senate
Senate Republicans have filibustered Goodwin Liu’s nomination, and it’s silly to think that this won’t happen with virtually every Obama nominee, especially with a McConnell-led caucus. For example, Caitlin Halligan, Obama’s first nominee to the DC Circuit, was opposed by every single Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and if you think that doesn’t mean that [...]
May 19th, 2011
To the surprise of exactly no one, Senate Republicans will filibuster Goodwin Liu’s nomination to the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals. As I argued yesterday, this really shouldn’t matter if the administration’s eventual goal is to appoint Liu to the United States Supreme Court: many of the greatest justices had no or virtually no judicial [...]
December 30th, 2010
Category: 2011 Democratic Agenda, The Dysfunctional Senate
Ending filibusters of executive branch appointments is such an obviously a good idea that no one is pushing it.
December 23rd, 2010
Category: The Dysfunctional Senate
All the returning Democratic Senators sign a letter calling for filibuster reform.
December 22nd, 2010
Tom Coburn took 9/11 first responders hostage — and might have won.
December 6th, 2010
Category: 2011 Democratic Agenda, The Dysfunctional Senate
Stockholm Syndrome comes to Talking Points Memo.
November 5th, 2010
It is truly a sign of American decline that Evan Bayh could ever get elected to anything.
November 3rd, 2010
Category: 2011 Democratic Agenda, The Dysfunctional Senate
The Dems still have one House. They need to clean it up.
October 6th, 2010
Category: Democrats in Congress
Two new polls out of Colorado and Hawai’i show us where some campaign money can be smartly invested.