The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #126579   Message #2818226
Posted By: Richard Bridge
22-Jan-10 - 02:00 AM
Thread Name: BS: Mass. Senatorial race
Subject: RE: BS: Mass. Senatorial race
How is the right to filibuster and freedom from guillotine motions enshrined in the US constitution? They are simply matters of procedure. Is there no way that the majority in the senate can change its procedures so as to reduce the impact of the malicious (and undemocratic) filibuster?