[EL] “Goodbye, U.S. Senate”

[David A. Holtzman]

    The United States Senate’s population base (SPB) is the population 
of the 50 States.

    Assigning each Senator one half of his or her State’s population in 
the most recent census, we can determine the portion of the SPB 
represented by a Senator’s vote.

    Senators representing just 44.15% of the SPB voted for the “nuclear 
option” (against keeping the 60-vote cloture rule).  Then Senators 
representing just 44.04% of the SPB managed to confirm Neil Gorsuch to 
the Supreme Court of the United States.

   - dah


On 4/7/2017 8:23 AM, Rick Hasen wrote:
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>
> *“Goodbye, U.S. Senate” <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92010>*
>
> Posted on April 7, 2017 8:06 am 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?p=92010> by *Rick Hasen* 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?author=3>
>
> Abbe Gluck with a great LA Times oped today 
> <http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-gluck-filibuster-20170407-story.html>, 
> which concludes:
>
> /Yes, Congress is more gridlocked and partisan than at any time in our 
> history. Yes, the era of the “Schoolhouse Rock” legislative process is 
> dead. But the answer to those problems should not be to give up on the 
> concept of a deliberative, bipartisan government, or to turn the 
> Senate into the House. Instead, the answer should be to change our 
> political culture and find ways for government to function again./
>
> hare 
> <https://www.addtoany.com/share#url=http%3A%2F%2Felectionlawblog.org%2F%3Fp%3D92010&title=%E2%80%9CGoodbye%2C%20U.S.%20Senate%E2%80%9D>
>
> Posted in legislation and legislatures 
> <http://electionlawblog.org/?cat=27>
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David A. Holtzman, M.P.H., J.D.
david at holtzmanlaw.com
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