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Joe Manchin's support for Supreme Court reform is a sign

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West Virginia Sen. Joe Manchin has long played a cautious and ultimately self-defeating game on the Supreme Court .

Julian Zelizer : Manchin's announcement is still noteworthy, given that he has long been cautious.

He says a constitutional amendment would require a two-thirds vote of both the House and the Senate .

Zelizer says the real solution will likely be political along with the idea.

But, then again, that's the reason why it's only retiring politicians who speak up on these issues. Washington and Eisenhower didn't have any realistic solutions to the issues they described, and neither does Manchin. He's done us all a favor by pointing out the problem, but the solution remains for the rest of us to find. This article was originally published on MSNBC.com .

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