thing as a federal mandate. It is the kind of half-measure that lets Republicans tell their voters they did something while ensuring that California, New York, and Illinois do absolutely nothing.
Here is the cold reality Congress is walking back into after its recess: Democrats have already published their plan to kill the filibuster, pack the Supreme Court, and federalize elections in their favor the moment they take back power. They are not bluffing. They are not posturing. They put their names on a resolution. And the only thing standing between that plan and execution is a Republican majority that keeps finding reasons to do less than the moment demands.
