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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•edit-22 months agoTo overrule the SCOTUS interpretation of the constitution you would need to amend the constitution, required 60 Senators and a house majority. Since 2013 there haven’t even been more dems than repubs before caucus, much less 60.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 months agoDoes that mean they could have overturned it between 2010-2013, but didn’t?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•edit-22 months agoThey never had 60 votes. They had a 58 + 2 ind caucus for 72 days and chose to use that time to expand medicaid to millions of americans. The last time the DNC had 60 seats if I recall was 1979?
To overrule the SCOTUS interpretation of the constitution you would need to amend the constitution, required 60 Senators and a house majority. Since 2013 there haven’t even been more dems than repubs before caucus, much less 60.
Does that mean they could have overturned it between 2010-2013, but didn’t?
They never had 60 votes. They had a 58 + 2 ind caucus for 72 days and chose to use that time to expand medicaid to millions of americans.
The last time the DNC had 60 seats if I recall was 1979?