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Friday, May 18, 2012
"A Futile Suit Against the Filibuster"
Ezra Klein guest hosted for Rachel and had a segment on this lawsuit against the filibuster. It is being abused but making it a court case is dubious. A majority can, if it wished, could press the issue. It does not wish. We saw this when a minor reform was proposed recently.