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#Bestof2021: 2/2: The fragile filibuster (1972, 1975) is the last obstacle to the likely unconstitutional HR1. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst

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🗓️ 25 November 2023

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#Bestof2021: 2/2: The fragile filibuster (1972, 1975) is the last obstacle to the likely unconstitutional HR1. @RichardAEpstein @HooverInst


https://www.hoover.org/research/voting-act-doesnt-deliver-people

The “For the People Act” (FTP), designated HR 1, is by far the most comprehensive federal voting rights act ever proposed. The bill was introduced into the House of Representatives on January 4 and passed therealong strict party lines two months later—220 for and 210 against. This divisive legislation represents a concerted effort by the House Democratic majority to consolidate and build on its gains from the 2020 election cycle. Its unabashed supporters, such as New York University’s Brennan Center for Justice, hail the legislation as “a roadmap to an inclusive, diverse, and equitable democracy.”

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So with Richard Epstein. We're discussing a legislation that's before the

0:47.8

people in Congress. The For the People Act called HR1 for shorthand has been approved in a partisan vote in the House of Representatives

0:57.8

220 to 210 that describes the Democrats and the Republicans.

1:04.0

When it comes to the Senate, however, there are not, at this moment,

1:08.5

any indication that there are enough Republicans to join the Democrats for the 60 votes that are necessary

1:15.6

for cloture.

1:16.6

However, there is talk of adjusting the filibuster.

1:19.8

Richard, do you see the filibuster being the first opportunity for the Democrats to test H.R. 1?

1:27.0

Are they going to go after the filibuster in order to get H.R. 1 done in time for 2022 or 2024?

1:35.0

First of all, I think that there are at least 48 Democrats who are going to do this.

1:41.4

What is a highly partisan environment a major structural change usually

1:45.3

in one bipartisan support think of the key Republicans who was brought back in the 1964 for the

1:51.6

Civil Rights Act that the Dirtsen essentially got his troops rallied in the Senate and got the thing

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