• Zorque@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    But they didn’t have the supermajority necessary to overcome a filibuster anymore. Even the cloture rule enacted in 2013 excluded supreme court nominations.

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      5 months ago

      And that would have been gone in a hot second if they blocked RBG’s replacement. They removed exactly what they needed to confirm judges.