BTW: I have no problem with what you touched on in the bottom of 129.
I agree with your take it would give us a super-majority right now.
My take on it is that we should never have moved to straight up election for our Senators.
In my state, I’d still be stuck with trash, but in most states that wouldn’t be true.
It would improve the situation.
Now..., if we have a super-majority doesn’t that eliminate the ability to filibuster, and wouldn’t that also deliver us into a Democracy situation according to your thoughts.
> “Now..., if we have a super-majority doesn’t that eliminate the ability to filibuster, and wouldn’t that also deliver us into a Democracy situation according to your thoughts.”
No, because a super-majority is a de facto representation of the nation as a whole. A super-majority is thus treated differently.
A simple majority, on the other hand, is not allowed to run roughshod over the nation for the limited time they exist. That is why the filibuster has existed for 200+ years in Congress.
In this case of Schumer and his filibuster, there should be 60 votes to invoke cloture.
McConnell stated unequivocally “Judge Gorsuch will be confirmed”. Say what we will about the shortcomings of McConnell, he does indeed know how to count votes and I suspect that is why it took him so long to schedule hearings for Judge Gorsuch. He knows there will be 60 votes for cloture.
This thread then has been a gift to the undeserved attention seeking of Schumer.
But it has hopefully been a good education for the many lurking.