Senate Betrayal Diverted!

Okay, so this deal isn’t exactly fabulous. But, it does keep the teetering balance between the Executive, the Congress and the Courts intact.

I still cannot understand why any Senator would have voted to give his/her power to the Executive. But, it seems that there were many who would. Why any Senator would give over the power of the Senate, which was designed to protect the minority, to the President/Executive is beyond my ken. Why they would hand the Executive any confirmation with only 50 votes is mind-boggling. It would seem to me that any appointee to a lifetime appointment should be able to garner at least 60 votes. It seems to me that any Senator who would agree to that shift of power (and lack of accountability) should not, and would not, want to be a member of the Senate that he/she cares so little about, not to mention the U.S. Constitution and the founding father's design for our form of liberal democracy.

So, luckily, our republican form of liberal democracy lives for another day. The executive will not be able to get his way with only 50 votes in the Senate.

And, by the way, the minority, whose rights that have been preserved for another day, is a minority that represents more Americans than the majority. That’s right, the 45 Democrats actually represent more folks than the 55 Republicans. That is what the Senate is all about, the protection of the Minority!

To quote the NYTimes:

There is absolutely nothing unfair about allowing a minority that actually represents more American people to veto lifetime appointments of judges who are far outside the mainstream of American thinking.

The rest we can argue, and we will, later.