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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by kenjackson on Friday September 18, 2020 @08:37PM (#24523525)
Democrats need to be ready to use the Nuclear Option. It's still on the table. They should have someone right now getting in shape for it.
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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by Kranar on Friday September 18, 2020 @08:53PM (#24523681)
Can you explain what you mean? The nuclear option [1] is used by the majority party in the Senate to end a filibuster by the minority party. Democrats are the minority party in the Senate and hence have no such option available to them.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_option

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Re:Ruth Bader Ginsburg has died by vkou on Friday September 18, 2020 @09:47PM (#24524122)
The nuclear option is that the next time they win an election, they add 9 more supreme court seats.
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