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In reply to the discussion: 54 DEMOCRATIC SENATORS CAN GET US THE 27TH ERA AMENDMENT [View all]ancianita
(43,168 posts)7. Worst case, with eyes on the prize, the 54 can still codify Roe while working on the ERA's status.
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I literally watched Sheldon Whitehouse bring the number up, as have a number of media sources.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#15
The article - 2016 - says that getting 54% of the vote in the presidential election
onenote
Jun 2022
#37
Fine. But I'm not deleting it because I saw Whitehouse tell an MSNBC host that figure.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#40
"Fifty four is simply not a magic number for anything." Tell that to Sheldon Whitehouse.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#42
It is far from clear what Whitehouse is talking about, but it doesn't change the fact that 54 isn't
onenote
Jun 2022
#49
Don't play word games. He SAID 54 or 55 would make a filibuster workaround for anything.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#51
Not dead. Because re those states' rescinding, the 54 can legally resolve those states' status.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#6
So you get a majority of the Senate to eliminate the filibuster and then vote to extend the deadline
brooklynite
Jun 2022
#12
Worst case, with eyes on the prize, the 54 can still codify Roe while working on the ERA's status.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#7
I hear you. It's the problem that voting in 54 Democratic senators can deal with.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#11
The math is wrong. We need to overcome Manchin and Sinema and strike down the filibuster
Novara
Jun 2022
#18
DiFi is not a certain yes vote to kill the filibuster, so add one more senator to the list. Nt
Fiendish Thingy
Jun 2022
#28
So BE lost. You come into this thread with no source links at all, and undermine it with specious
ancianita
Jun 2022
#20
Then use sources to back you up. Start an OP of your own to source to DU how the ERA is dead.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#25
You read it! As least I had one to post in your non-existent OP about why the ERA is dead.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#54
Thank you for the clarification, and for restoring a measure of hope for me. n//t
msfiddlestix
Jun 2022
#24
In case you hadn't noticed, stare decicis is dead - SCOTUS will rule however it wishes
Fiendish Thingy
Jun 2022
#29
You seem sooo certain, despite the expiration date, rescinding of ratification
Fiendish Thingy
Jun 2022
#35
Since I'd guess neither of us is a constitutional lawyer or historian, at least consider this.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#36
Congress might attempt this path, but it won't be free from obstructions
Fiendish Thingy
Jun 2022
#53
I hear you. It's the problem that voting in 54 Democratic senators can deal with.
ancianita
Jun 2022
#52