"Let me go down to the water. Watch the great illusion drown" - Van Morrison

Wednesday, December 22, 2004

Goodbye Filibuster, Goodbye Democracy?

The Republican plan to do away with the Senate's filibuster option for judicial nominees is a direct threat to the traditional protection of the minority party. As Arianna Huffington writes, "It would be impossible to overstate the importance of this battle. It is nothing less than a fight for the soul of our democracy — for what kind of country we want to live in."
http://www.ariannaonline.com/columns/column.php?id=750

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