Biden REALLY Needs To Negotiate With McCarthy

Dignity demolition derby begins pic.twitter.com/kIrt8SU2vC

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 26, 2023

At 2 am the Rules committee finally passed the rule for the debt limit plan.

With CHANGES, despite McCarthy and Emmer insisting no changes would be made.

The work requirements will be implemented more quickly to appease the members on the right.

More in the Early 202 soon! pic.twitter.com/8iqmuTfTq5

— Leigh Ann Caldwell (@LACaldwellDC) April 26, 2023

And Durbin should be negotiating with Roberts:

If originalism is your thing this ain’t how it works. https://t.co/hA2xyVd6Mn

— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) April 26, 2023

And we can all agree not locking women up is the ne plus ultra of the abortion debate.

What “pro-life” laws look like on the ground: go wait in your car in the parking lot until you start to bleed out and then come back to us.https://t.co/GSvinjZkQC

— Chris Hayes (@chrislhayes) April 26, 2023

Also, the crucial issue is being “pro-life.”

From 1789–1911 (except briefly in 1801–02), Congress made #SCOTUS Justices “ride the circuit”—regularly traveling the country to act as intermediate appellate judges.

That was just one way in which Congress reminded the Court (which sat *in* the Capitol until 1935) of its place.

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) April 26, 2023

As I suggested yesterday, Art. I puts Congress in charge.

If we’re going to tell a story about #SCOTUS and the separation of powers, let’s tell the *full* story:

Not just of today’s virtually unchecked institution—with near-plenary control over its docket, its building, et al., but of the far more accountable institution it used to be.

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) April 26, 2023

History is cool. And important. And by the way, that whole abortion thing? Smooth as butter now:

Justice Alito: There won't be any chaos if we allow Judge Kacsmaryk's ruling to go into effect.#SCOTUS: We're blocking it anyway.

Florida @cvspharmacy: The decision that didn't go into effect bars us from filling a prescription for a *different* drug. https://t.co/E5gRly6PA4

— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) April 25, 2023