The Filibuster, how it became what it is today and its unconstitutionality
democracynow.org/2010/2/16/thomas_geoghegan_o...Posted Feb 16, 2010, 8:14 PM UTC
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There is nothing inherently unconstitutional about the filibuster.
Article 1, Section 5, US Constitution:
" ... Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings ..."
The Senate has chosen its rules accordingly, and those rules allow for the current version of the "filibuster".
Not one bit of "unconstitutionality" about it.
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From the article... We have the Senate rule where two senators from a state with 600,000 are equal to California with 36 million. It’s not small states versus big states. It gives the conservative states an enormous veto over everything that could occur when a progressive majority takes over the presidency and the Congress.
It's not the filibuster he objects to, It's the entire Senate he objects to.