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FILIBUSTER CATERWAUL
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Re: David Boaz’s
Filibuster
Flip-Flops
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p>Mr. Boaz appears to be lost in the daily Washington tit-for-tat
mentality that most American’s find abhorrent. The caterwaul de
jour of the chattering class is the “rediscovered” concern for
“minority rights.” Funny, I don’t seem to remember this being a
concern when the Democrats had a monolithic majority in congress
for 40 years. But I digress. What Mr. Boaz and his ilk, including
many timid Senate Republicans, fail to understand is that the use
of the filibuster on judicial nominees is an unconstitutional act.
The Constitution is explicit on this point. What is so hard to
understand about this? An arcane Senate rule does not supersede the
Constitution. Furthermore, the precious use of the filibuster is
not prohibited in matters of legislation simply because there is no
constitutional right to legislation. Each party is free to
filibuster legislation to its hearts desire. I do not recall when
Republicans have engaged in a filibuster against judicial nominees.
Minority rights are alive and well. It’s when they are used in
shameless derogation of the Constitution that people who know
better should wake up and take notice.
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Anthony F. DiPentima, Esq.
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I just don’t understand why when this is talked about, it is not
made plain that the only filibuster the Republicans are talking
about getting rid of is the one for Judges. No one has talked about
getting rid of it for bills. The Democrats are the ones that have
changed the rules, now let’s get them back the way they have been
for over 200 years.
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—
Elaine Kyle
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Cut & Shoot, Texas
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The debacle of this president’s administration is both a cause
and a symptom of the decline of American values. Unless Congress
impeaches him, that decline will go on unchecked. An eminent jurist
surveys the damage and assesses the chances for the recovery of our
culture.
The American Christmas, like the songs that celebrate it,
makes room for everybody under the rainbow. Is that why so
many people seem to be hostile to it?