A filibuster is a way for a minority to overcome a majority by an artificial tactic. It raises the passing vote to a higher 60 votes from a simple majority of 51. In some cases effectively stopping a motion. Simple majorities while it carries it's own form of tyranny are at least more accurate in reflecting the will of the governed. The senate should rescind the filibuster provision for all matters not just the judicial function so much in the news.
While they are at it, they should revoke the "executive order" priveledge of the president. Laws by fiat should not be in the hands of politicians. The executive should not be a legislature of one.
Affirmative Action was imposed upon America by the failed president Lyndon Johnson. People are still bearing the injustice of reverse discrimination. Filibusters are a kind of Affirmative Action. Obstructionist minorities of one are more loathesome than the obstructionist minorities in the senate.
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