So let me get this straight: Republicans have to amend the Constitution to get rid of judicial filibusters? They have to go for straight plebiscitary democracy if they’re going to be consistent? Just think how easy it would be to run the reverse argument against Dionne: To consistently stand against majority rule, do the Democrats have to amend the Constitution to get rid of all its democratic features? This is a lame, lame argument.
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Ramesh Ponnuru is the editor of National Review, a columnist for the Washington Post, and a fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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