filibuster

Biden says he supports filibuster exception for abortion rights legislation

BY: - June 30, 2022

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Thursday said he supports an exception to the U.S. Senate filibuster in order to enshrine Roe v. Wade in federal law, after the Supreme Court last week struck down the case that established abortion as a constitutional right. “I believe we have to codify Roe v. Wade in the law, […]

Filibusted: Experts say the time has come to end Senate practice

BY: - June 3, 2021

Even the stuffy, florid name of the procedure, “filibuster” sounds like something conceived around a table of wig-wearing Founding Fathers.

COMMENTARY

The U.S. Senate is where democracy goes to die. It’s time to get rid of the filibuster | Fletcher McClellan

BY: - March 5, 2021

It’s time to stop filibustering the filibuster. Only the few will mourn its passing.

COMMENTARY

We need independent judicial review. We don’t need the filibuster. Let’s get rid of it | Bruce Ledewitz

BY: - October 21, 2020

We need independent judicial review. We don’t need the filibuster. We need to get rid of it.