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Filibusters (14) See Also:
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» Briefing on Filibuster and Cloture
Background information from the U.S. Senate Historian. http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm » Filibuster Derails Supreme Court Appointment
Article from the United States Senate. http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Filibuster_Derails_Supreme_Court_Appointment.htm » FindLaw's Writ: Can the Senate Bind Itself So that Only a Supermajority Can Change Its Rules?
Part II of article by Professor Vikram Amar discussing a so-called nuclear option to end filibusters of judicial nominees in the U.S. Senate. http://writ.news.findlaw.com/amar/20030627.html » FindLaw's Writ: With a Potential Supreme Court Nomination At Stake, Questions of The Filibuster's Constitutionality Linger
Part I of article by Professor Vikram Amar analyzing the ability of the U.S. Senate to change its filibuster rules by a simple majority vote, instead of by the 2/3 vote specified in Senate Rule 22. http://writ.news.findlaw.com/amar/20030613.html » Floyd Riddick on Cloture and Filibusters
Interview with a former Senate Parliamentarian, including discussion of whether the Senate is a "continuing body." http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Riddick_interview_4.pdf » Free Republic: Frist Backs Rule Change on Judges
Describes various strategies to overcome filibusters of judicial nominees in the U.S. Senate, such as a rule change or extending the legislative day. http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1175573/posts » Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy: The Constitutional Option
Martin Gold and Dimple Gupta describe ways for a simple majority of Senators to change the text or interpretation of Senate rules, without being stopped by a filibuster. http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Gold_Gupta_JLPP_article.pdf » Jefferson on Politics & Government: Majority Rule
Jefferson's political philosophy in his own words. Contains the founding principles of American self-government. http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff0500.htm » Judicial Nominations, Filibusters, and the Constitution
May 6, 2003 U.S. Senate hearing report. http://www.access.gpo.gov/congress/senate/pdf/108hrg/90460.pdf » National Review: Crisis Mode
Senator Orrin G. Hatch presents a "fair and constitutional option to beat the filibuster game." http://www.nationalreview.com/comment/hatch200501120729.asp » Senate Resolution 138 of the 108th Congress
The text of an amendment to U.S. Senate Rule 22 regarding filibusters of judicial nominees. http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.RES.138: » The American Thinker: Judicial Nominee filibusters and Senate Rules
Contends that filibusters of nominees violate US Senate Rule 31. http://www.americanthinker.com/2005/02/judicial_nominee_filibusters_a.html » WBUR.org : The Filibuster Battle
Recording from a radio show debating the fairness of using a filibuster. http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2003/06/20030611_a_main.asp This category needs an editor
Last Updated: 2009-12-19 08:49:58
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