| Directory > Regional > North America > United States > Government > Legislative Branch > Senate > Filibusters CBN News - Majority Leader Bill Frist Speaks on Senate Agenda
Senate Majority Leader Frist states that, at the beginning of each congressional session, a simple
majority of senators can set the rules for that session.
http://www.cbn.com/CBNNews/News/030926d.asp
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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
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The Supreme Court and the Constitution
This essay includes a discussion of, essentially, allowing a minority of three supreme court
justices to filibuster any attempt by the other justices to strike down a statute.
http://newdeal.feri.org/court/cushman.htm
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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
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When a Majority Is Denied Its Right to Consent
Hearing of Senate Subcommittee on the Constitution regarding filibusters of judicial nominations.
http://www.senate.gov/~judiciary/hearing.cfm?id=744
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The Case Against the Senate Filibuster
Former Attorney General Elliot Richardson argued that filibusters of legislation should be
eliminated.
http://fairvote.org/reports/1995/chp6/richardson.html
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FOXNews Articles About Judicial Filibusters
Many articles from FOX News about filibusters of judicial nominees in the U.S. Senate, organized
chronologically.
http://search.foxnews.com/_1_2SW6TW402F66KZC__info.foxnws/dog/results?otmpl=dog/webresults.htm&....
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Encyclopedia Entry for Filibuster
Entry for "filibuster" in the Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.
http://www.bartleby.com/65/fi/filibust.html
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U.S. Senate Rule XXII
The famous and controversial Senate Rule 22 lays down rules for ending filibusters by invoking
cloture.
http://rules.senate.gov/senaterules/rule22.htm
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Terminating Filibusters the European Way: the Guillotine
The United States is not the first country to deal with filibusters in its national legislature.
One way to cut off debate in the House of Commons is "the guillotine" which is a
parliamentary maneuver (not a beheading device).
http://www.geocities.com/Pacific_Future/dict_g.html
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Federalist No 66
Alexander Hamilton wrote that a "majority of the Senate" would be unlikely to have any
opinion about nominees, except based on merit. Filibusters, however, may allow a minority instead
of a majority to defeat a nominee.
http://www.yale.edu/lawweb/avalon/federal/fed66.htm
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Etymology of Filibuster
Learn about the origin and definition of the word "filibuster," using an illustrated
approach.
http://www.wordphiles.info/image-word-unit1/word-image8.html
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Briefing on Filibuster and Cloture
Background information about filibusters and cloture from the U.S. Senate Historian.
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm
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United States v. Ballin, 144 U.S. 1 (1892)
According to this Supreme Court case, a majority of a legislative body generally speaks for the
body. Perpetual filibusters violate this rule.
http://laws.findlaw.com/us/144/1.html
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Escalation in the Senate
Editorial from the Washington Post regarding the use of filibusters to defeat judicial nominations.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A54160-2003Ma....
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Judicial Nominations: What's at Stake, the Senate's Role
The National Women's Law Center presents information and arguments in favor of filibustering
judicial nominations.
http://www.nwlc.org/display.cfm?section=jcwr
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National Public Radio Debate About Filibuster Battle from WBUR in Boston
Democrats launched a political battle against the nomination of a number of federal judges. While
some say filibusters are a quintessential feature of democracy at work, others claim that the old
stunt has run its course.
http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2003/06/20030611_a_main.asp
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NeverGoBack.org - Save Legal Abortion - A Project of the Feminist Majority Foundation
Nevergoback.org supports a Senate filibuster in the event of a pro-life, anti-choice nomination to
the U.S. Supreme Court by President Bush. Their site includes a petition to Senate leadership, and
photos of celebrities.
http://www.nevergoback.org/
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U.S. Senate Republican Policy Committee
Includes information, resources, and opinion in opposition to Senate filibusters of the president's
judicial nominees.
http://rpc.senate.gov/
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President Calls for Action on Judicial Nominations
In a letter to Senators Frist and Daschle regarding filibusters, President Bush asked the Senate to
take action "to ensure timely up or down votes on judicial nominations both now and in the
future, no matter who is President or which party controls the Senate."
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/03/20030311-1.html
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Independent Judiciary
Information and opinion about the president's judicial nominations from the liberal group Alliance
for Justice, which supports Senate filibusters of some judicial nominees.
http://www.independentjudiciary.com/
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Judicial Selection.org
Site supportive of presidential nominations to the judiciary, and opposed to judicial filibusters.
Included are numerous quotations and links to newspaper editorials.
http://www.judicialselection.org/
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Floyd Riddick on Cloture and Filibusters
Interview with former Senate Parliamentarian Floyd Riddick regarding cloture and filibusters,
including discussion of whether the Senate is a "continuing body."
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Riddick_interview_4.pdf
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People For the American Way
PFAW contends that the radical right and its allies have risen to power. PFAW founder and
Hollywood producer Norman Lear says that PFAW will do whatever it can, including support for
judicial filibusters, to oppose what it sees as the radical right's manipulation of anxiety and
alienation for political gain.
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/
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The State of the Judiciary in America
Senator Kennedy's Remarks to the American Constitution Society, Georgetown University Law Center
September 25, 2002 discussing filibusters of judicial nominees, and the forthcoming hearing of
Miguel Estrada.
http://www.americanconstitutionsociety.org/September25EMK.htm
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U.S. Department of Justice Information About Judicial Nominations
Statistics and documents related to judicial filibusters, including letter signed by every living
former solicitor general regarding the filibuster of Miguel Estrada.
http://www.usdoj.gov/olp/judicialnominations.htm
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Petition to the U.S. Senate Regarding Judicial Filibusters
The American Center for Law and Justice gathered many thousands of signatures for its petition to
end the Owen and Estrada filibusters.
http://www.aclj.org/petitions/judicial/petition.asp
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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
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Senate Hearing Regarding Filibusters
Hearing of the U.S. Senate Rules Committee regarding the Senate's filibusters of the president's
judicial nominees.
http://rules.senate.gov/hearings/2003/060503_hearing.htm
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Committee for Justice
The Committee for Justice is a non-profit corporation with a mission to defend President Bush's
judicial nominees by seeking to break the Senate filibuster of judicial nominees and vindicate what
it sees as the President's responsibilities under the Constitution.
http://www.committeeforjustice.org
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Filibuster.info
Information, links, and opinion regarding how to defeat a judicial filibuster in the U.S. Senate,
including the Owen and Estrada filibusters.
http://www.filibuster.info
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