> I don't think so. Actually, that is specifically the reason some supermajority rules were lifted [1]. Do you recall Merrick Garland? The filibuster is abuse

> I don't think so. Actually, that is specifically the reason some supermajority rules were lifted [1]. Do you recall Merrick Garland? The filibuster is abused similarly [2]. [1]: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/04/senate-obstructionism-handed-judicial-vacancies-to-trump/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/fixgov/2018/06/04/senate-obst... [2]: https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2013/11/21/chart-a-recent-history-of-senate-cloture-votes-taken-to-end-filibusters/ https://www.brookings.edu/blog/brookings-now/2013/11/21/char...