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FindLaw's Writ: With a Potential Supreme Court Nomination At Stake, Questions of The Filibuster's Constitutionality Linger
Part I of article by Professor Vikram Amar analyzing the ability of the U.S. Senate to change its filibuster rules by a simple majority vote, instead of by the 2/3 vote specified in Senate Rule 22.
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/amar/20030613.html
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Floyd Riddick on Cloture and Filibusters
Interview with a former Senate Parliamentarian, including discussion of whether the Senate is a "continuing body."
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/resources/pdf/Riddick_interview_4.pdf
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WBUR.org : The Filibuster Battle
Recording from a radio show debating the fairness of using a filibuster.
http://www.theconnection.org/shows/2003/06/20030611_a_main.asp
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Briefing on Filibuster and Cloture
Background information from the U.S. Senate Historian.
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/common/briefing/Filibuster_Cloture.htm
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The Case Against the Senate Filibuster
Former Attorney General Elliot Richardson argued that filibusters of legislation should be eliminated.
http://fairvote.org/reports/1995/chp6/richardson.html
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Jefferson on Politics & Government: Majority Rule
Jefferson's political philosophy in his own words. Contains the founding principles of American self-government.
http://etext.lib.virginia.edu/jefferson/quotations/jeff0500.htm
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The Supreme Court and the Constitution
This essay includes a discussion of, essentially, allowing a minority of three supreme court justices to filibuster any attempt by the other justices to strike down a statute.
http://newdeal.feri.org/court/cushman.htm
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FindLaw's Writ: Can the Senate Bind Itself So that Only a Supermajority Can Change Its Rules?
Part II of article by Professor Vikram Amar discussing a so-called nuclear option to end filibusters of judicial nominees in the U.S. Senate.
http://writ.news.findlaw.com/amar/20030627.html
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Senate Resolution 138 of the 108th Congress
The text of an amendment to U.S. Senate Rule 22 regarding filibusters of judicial nominees.
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.RES.138:
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Filibuster Derails Supreme Court Appointment
Article from the United States Senate.
http://www.senate.gov/artandhistory/history/minute/Filibuster_Derails_Supreme_Court_Appointment.htm
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