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This should be no hand-wringing philosophical dilemma, People.
It’s the Constitution versus the filibuster in Fall, 2025, and it is a far greater priority to defend the former than the Senate’s self-imposed rule dating centuries back.
The filibuster, almost as old as the Republic itself, has morphed in recent years to become the weapon of choice to thwart majority rule itself instead of the exception.
That is what brings an American supportive of the filibuster his entire life, to alter his perspective. This is now a matter of what we should value the most.
The recent government shutdown coupled with the Democrats use of the filibuster to keep a shutdown intact, is reason enough to end the 60-vote requirement. If the oor went hungry, or airplanes crashed, the political fallout would have been disastrous….for Republicans.
Why? Because, we’ve had the solution all along. The public would not have been interested in gradations of responsibility.
Any senator worried about political fallout has the cover needed, right now, to make this a reality. And, without any moderate Democrats remaining, save for John Fetterman, D-PA., the filibuster will be vanquished as soon as it is advantageous to the Democrats. We lose nothing except an opportunity to govern as the people expect us to govern.
Combine these reasons to the likelihood of the Supreme Court striking down President Trump’s tariffs and we are looking at an American loss of stature worldwide. Do not discard, as well, financial loss and instability within the United States.
Why take the risk?
Why would savvy, intelligent, far-sighted Senators not think about the immediate risks?
The answer from many: Democrats would use it to pack the Supreme Court and create at least two more states in years to come.
Not true. For Washington DC to become a state, a Constitutional amendment approving that would be required. Why? Because in Article 1 Section 8 of the Constitution it specifies that Congress has the power to “exercise exclusive Legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district…”.
So, maybe one state, in Puerto Rico.
Pack the court?
Possibly, but what also could be true is that laws are now passed today in order to make those specific proposals difficult to achieve.
Tasks-at-hand are far weightier than anything a decade down the pike.
My vote: Take the risks over the certainty of an incoming Democratic president assuming office able to unilaterally regulate tariffs and subvert an authority clearly delegated to the Legislature. Just read Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution. It is not hard, Folks.
We must opt to stay true to the Constitution and err on the side of keeping the Legislative Branch to its assigned mission, rather than having it transfer its functions to the Executive. The Legislative Branch, in delegating its mandate, renders itself less relevant. Its focus on preserving an outdated, self-imposed rule — one now weaponized instead of being used in its founding spirit – is all-the-more ludicrous.
Is there a true emergency? If so, why are we driving 20 miles below the speed limit while running red lights? Why would the Senate keep its “governor” activated while breaching its Constitutionally delegated mandate?
Want another opinion? Read Hamilton’s Federalist 22 and see what he says about a minority holding up majority rule, especially when it applies to the government effectively performing its proper role.
Eliminating the filibuster now would allow for government to operate as intended and to pass legislation guaranteeing tariffs stay intact, if that is what congress decides.
Legislatively codifying the Trump administration’s agenda, in lieu of adhering to a patchwork of Executive orders, is essential. This way, we reverse a decades-old dereliction of duty by the Legislative Branch and restore it to what the Founders had in mind.
Congress, not the courts, needs to have the final say. Among the many issues that could be easily resolved: Where and when the National Guard should be deployed.
It is high-time for a reset in the dynamic between the three branches.
Conservatives can keep the moral high-ground now by vanquishing the filibuster and taking legislative measures to keep an incoming Executive from predictable excesses and power-grabs.
Jeff Utsch is a Faculty Lead at the Leadership and Freedom Center in Gettysburg, P.A. and Co-Founder of Full Measure Leadership. He can be reached at [email protected]
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