Some Republicans are portraying the judicial filibuster is the greatest threat to the American Republic (even worse than terrorism or the Civil War). Some Democrats have decided to adopt the GOP's Chicken Little approach and act as though ending the filibuster would terminate the Constitution as we know it, I wanted to insert these two little facts...
1) The filibuster is NOT a constitutional question. Article I, Section 5 of the Constitution states quite explicitly: Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings.
Getting rid of the filibuster may be (and is) unwise. But it's not unconstitutional.
2) While the Democrats are threatening to filibuster a few Bush judicial nominees (in contrast to some 200 that have sailed through), how many have the Dems ACTUALLY filibustered?
None.
That's right: zero.
Zip.
Not a one.
Some threat to the Republic.
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