Stupid Question Department: If the repubs invoked the nuclear option for Gorsuch, then kept it in place for the next 4 years, why can’t they un-invoke it on the eve of a losing election, and raising the threshold necessary to re-invoke it back up to 60 votes. That way, they get the benefits while em-placing a major obstacle to the dems doing the same thing once a majority dem senate is seated. It CAN be revoked, can’t it?
I’m no expert but what I understand is that the Senate makes its own rules and can re-make or un-make them in a future session.
Because the Constitution does not allow any congress to bind a future congress. The Supremes have ruled however that the Senate can set their own rules.