The Founding Fathers were brilliant in implementing the system of checks and balances, but it never occurred to them that one half of one branch would completely abdicate their responsibility, and collude with the other to implement a corrupt agenda. We have to fix that.
The amount of power held by the Senate is alarming…I think it can be rectified simply by bringing back the filibuster for all legislation and appointments. Make them come to a consensus that can be supported by 60%.
Then, even if the Dems got 51 in the Senate, no SCOTUS seats would be filled.
Somehow the system worked until just recently.
Until Mitch, you mean, yes.
It was Harry Reid that first “went nuclear” and removed the judicial filibuster
You’re both right: Reid and McConnell ruined the Senate. It may take a constitutional amendment to fix it.
Yes because Mitch broke the system. Prior to Mitch a president could get qualified candidates through the senate even in spite of the existence of the filibuster. So as jsc1953 said, the system worked. Now, as DrDeth stated, if the filibuster was reinstated no Democratic judcial nominee would ever be confirmed. You can thank Mitch for that.
Reid invoked the nuclear option in November 2013. WaPo reported:
What exactly was broken about the system that confirmed something like 200 of Obama’s judicial nominees prior to Harry Reid’s going nuclear?