Government
Mar. 12, 2014
Containing the fallout from the Senate nuclear option
To achieve civility in the current Senate, I respectfully propose the following.
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.
In an op-ed last month, I wrote about the profound impact the Senate "nuclear option" rules changes will have on our system of government in the future.
The most serious impact, I wrote, will occur when the precedent established by the nuclear option, namely that a simple majority can change the rules of the Senate, will be used in the future to "effectively allow for a simple majority rule to end debates on legislation. Many believe it is now just a matter of time and it will oc...For only $95 a month (the price of 2 article purchases)
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