Friends, John Cornyn, who is in the fight of his life to hang on to his Senate seat, has just made a big about-face: he's decided he will accept limits on the filibuster in order to get the SAVE Act passed, which would mandate voter ID throughout the country. Will this dramatic turn of events save the SAVE Act? Not necessarily, because overturning the filibuster is darn tough, but maybe the Republican Senate can finesse the issue, i.e. keep the filibuster but drill a few more holes in it? We shall see. One thing is fairly clear: Cornyn's real objective is to save himself...from Ken Paxton, his formidable challenger. Paxton has cannily offered to concede the primary election to Cornyn if the SAVE Act gains Senate passage. Now, would the bill have the sweeping implications for U.S. elections that Republicans and Democrats seem to assume it would? I mean, the GOP acts as if the bill is a magic bullet that can eliminate fraud and basically kneecap the Democratic Party. The Dems, by contrast, talk as though the bill will make it virtually impossible for women and minorities to vote. Voter ID has done nothing of the kind anywhere that it's been passed, but no matter. I suspect both parties are engaging in more than a little hyperbole, but the only way to know for sure is...to pass the bill! Why not? It would be a fun experiment!
https://nypost.com/2026/03/11/opinion/sen-cornyn-why-the-save-act-matters-more-than-the-filibuster/
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