Carlson: Unintended consequences

In a recent Carlson Chronicles column, Chris Carlson comments:

Sometimes irony in life is simply too rich.  And all too often even incredibly bright people do not see the train wreck they are headed towards.  In such instances one has little choice but to sit back and laugh at the absurdity of it all, rather than cry.

For the most recent example of this unintended consequence of not thinking through a matter we have Idaho’s Senior U.S. Senator, Mike Crapo, a Harvard law product no less, to thank.

In going along with his party in rationalizing not even holding a hearing on President Barack Obama’s nomination of District Judge Merrick Garland, one of Senator Crapo’s expressed reasons was a perception on Crapo’s part that Judge Garland was weak on Second amendment rights.

In voting to secure Judge Neil Gorsuch’s nomination by President Trump, Crapo joined his majority Republican colleagues in doing away with the requirement that 60 votes is needed to end a filibuster.  That they don’t see this as a precedent that will be invoked with regard to legislation sooner rather than later is stunning. More here.