Abolish the Senate filibuster

[Wilson23]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate

The filibuster isn't in the Constitution or anything -- it is only a procedural rule of the Senate. What is it good for, other than obstruction? Most of its uses in history have been disgraceful, e.g., blocking civil rights legislation.

I have always -- no matter which party held a Senate majority at the moment -- consistently held the position that the filibuster should be abolished.

Remember, the filibuster is not part of "checks and balances" as the FFs conceived them. It is simply an unintended result of the "unlimited debate" rule, which both houses of Congress had in the beginning -- the House of Representatives dropped it when its membership grew large enough to make it unwieldy.

 

[Wilson23]

Mostly we think of the filibuster as something used to block civil rights legislation. And is there any reason not to?

 

[Wilson23]

Better still: https://forum.literotica.com/threads/abolish-the-united-states-senate.1649080/

 

[Wilson23]

Who sees any good reason to keep it?

 

[briancamdudetenger2018]

what does filler buster even mean

are they like the ghostbusters where they bust fillers

 

[Wilson23]

what does filler buster even mean

are they like the ghostbusters where they bust fillers

Originally a way of talking a bill to death, if a senator had the stamina, but now it's a way to kill a bill for which 2/3 support cannot be mustered.

 

[briancamdudetenger2018]

Originally a way of talking a bill to death, if a senator had the stamina, but now it's a way to kill a bill for which 2/3 support cannot be mustered.

then it should be called like

death bill or bill extermination or bill ala vesta baby

 

[Wilson23]

Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy
https://www.amazon.com/Kill-Switch-...be-8600-9088f31d913f&pd_rd_i=1324091983&psc=1

 

[SebastianHolt]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filibuster_in_the_United_States_Senate

The filibuster isn't in the Constitution or anything -- it is only a procedural rule of the Senate. What is it good for, other than obstruction? Most of its uses in history have been disgraceful, e.g., blocking civil rights legislation.

I have always -- no matter which party held a Senate majority at the moment -- consistently held the position that the filibuster should be abolished.

Remember, the filibuster is not part of "checks and balances" as the FFs conceived them. It is simply an unintended result of the "unlimited debate" rule, which both houses of Congress had in the beginning -- the House of Representatives dropped it when its membership grew large enough to make it unwieldy.

you need help

 

[Wilson23]

you need help

You know I'm right.

 

[SebastianHolt]

You know I'm right.

sadly, when the left is in power we need that tool to keep these retards under control

 

[Wilson23]

sadly, when the left is in power we need that tool to keep these retards under control

The left is NEVER in power. It never has been in all of American history.
https://forum.literotica.com/threads/never-ever-say-the-left-when-you-mean-the-democrats.1648687/

 

[SebastianHolt]

The left is NEVER in power.
https://forum.literotica.com/threads/never-ever-say-the-left-when-you-mean-the-democrats.1648687/

you had that obama

 

[Wilson23]

you had that obama

NOT a leftist, you idiot.

No political faction is leftist unless its success would threaten the wealth and power of the plutocracy. Feminism, LGBTQ rights, DEI, etc., are NOT leftist.