Reply #13: Wrong. [View All]

[borg5575]

The founding fathers DID NOT "put it in there." There is no mention whatsoever in the Constitution of the filibuster. It's nothing more or less than a long standing senate rule that can legally be changed at any time.

If you look at history you will see many examples of the filibuster being used for evil purposes, such as thwarting civil rights legislation.

The there have been times like the present when the filibuster is used by the minority to protect the American people from a rogue majority like we have now in the Senate.

But lets be clear. The filibuster is not in the Constitution and can be eliminated at any time, although when all is said and done I don't think that the Rethugs will change it. They are too afraid that they might lose their majority in the future and need to use the filibuster themselves.