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minus-squareSaleh@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up5arrow-down4·5 days agoWho was president from 2009 to 2017 and could have passed a different law? Who was president from 2021 to 2025?
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·5 days agoTo overrule the SCOTUS interpretation of the constitution you would need to amend the constitution, required 60 Senators and a house majority.
minus-squareWhatAmLemmy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down3·5 days agoDoes that mean they could have overturned it between 2010-2013, but didn’t?
minus-squarefinitebanjo@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·edit-25 days agoThey never had 60 votes. They had a 58 + 2 ind caucus for 72 days and chose to use that time to expand medicaid to millions of americans. The last time the DNC had 60 seats if I recall was 1979?
Who was president from 2009 to 2017 and could have passed a different law? Who was president from 2021 to 2025?
To overrule the SCOTUS interpretation of the constitution you would need to amend the constitution, required 60 Senators and a house majority.
Does that mean they could have overturned it between 2010-2013, but didn’t?
They never had 60 votes. They had a 58 + 2 ind caucus for 72 days and chose to use that time to expand medicaid to millions of americans.
The last time the DNC had 60 seats if I recall was 1979?