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Nuclear option legal?
An earlier article by Tim Grieve outlined why it would be impossible to invoke the "nuclear option" without breaking the same Senate rules that the option was attempting to change. So why don't democrats just refuse to recognize illegal rule changes? They could walk out, or continue to filibuster until physically removed, if it came to that. Doesn't the example of Rosa Parks mean anything? Isn't "breaking" an illegal law, or change in senate rules, required of all law-abiding senators, congressmen and women? That is, if they are to remain true to their oath of office to uphold the law.