Government
Dec. 17, 2013
You, me and the Senate nuclear precedent
Much has been written since about the so-called "nuclear option" rules change in the Senate. Perhaps not enough has been written about how this impacts the average citizen.
Makan Delrahim
Assistant Attorney General
U.S. Department of Justice, Antitrust Division
Makan previously was a partner at Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck LLP in Los Angeles. He is the former chief of staff and chief counsel of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee and former senior Justice Department official.
Much has been written since this past Thanksgiving week about the so-called "nuclear option" rules change in the Senate. Perhaps not enough has been written about how this impacts the average citizen.
The rules change put the U.S. Senate arguably through its most significant major transformation since the adoption of the 17th Amendment to the Constitution in 1913. This amendment changed how senators were elected - from being elected by each state's legislature to being elected by p...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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