Word: filibusterers
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While the filibuster is not written into the Constitution, it is one of the key protections of the rights of the minority. The 60 percent super-majority that is required for cloture allows Senators to stop motions or legislation they feel is particularly alarming. Over the years, it has grown...
Of course, pressuring this showdown over the filibuster are the ultraconservative nominations that President Bush has submitted to the Senate and that the Republican majority seems poised to approve. It seems that both parties now have a litmus test for their judicial nominees on the key issues. This sorry state...
Though eliminating the filibuster for judicial nominations is troubling in and of itself, in many ways, it is when facing these particularly important nominations that the filibuster is needed most.
For better or for worse, the federal judiciary has in the past 50 years taken on a new level of power and importance. They have the power to influence many key “wedge issues” which include abortion, gun control, and the separation of church and state...
The nuclear option is further troubling because eliminating the filibuster for judicial nominations leads to a slippery slope towards eliminating the filibuster altogether. The destruction of this important check would let a party in control of the Congress and the Presidency—right now the Republicans—approve...