The Legislative Filibuster: Democracy’s Sobriety Checkpoint

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  February 9th at 01:05 PM  | 

In recent weeks we have been deluged by hand-wringing columns from “progressive” pundits bemoaning the filibuster rules in the Senate – which allow a determined and unified minority to block legislation that has fewer than 60 votes – and essentially declaring the filibuster to be proof that American democracy doesn’t work and should change the way it does business. (See Brian Darling’s discussion of one | Read More »