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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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&.... Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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.... Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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/ Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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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 Reviews Rating: Not yet Rated
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