The filibuster is a procedural, not constitutional, requirement and can be changed. It’s been on the Senate books since 1917, ...

In particular, Balkin contends that–because the Republicans “currently hold all three branches of government”, and have won the “constitutional trifecta”–the filibuster is the only ...

The U.S. Constitution provides only that “The United States shall guarantee to every State in this Union a Republican Form of ...

Senator John Thune said Friday that the filibuster has "perhaps the greatest impact in preserving the Founders' vision of the Senate." ...

Our 237-year-old Constitution is out of date. The U.S. Senate and the Electoral College are bulwarks of white supremacy. The legislative filibuster thwarts reform. The two-party system is stifling.

In broad, philosophical terms, there’s reason to question how the filibuster (mentioned not once in the Constitution) has become a de facto supermajority requirement on even routine matters in ...

In broad, philosophical terms, there’s reason to question how the filibuster (mentioned not once in the Constitution) has become a de facto supermajority requirement on even routine matters in ...

nine votes shy of the 60 needed to clear the 100-member chamber's filibuster hurdle. The ERA was proposed in 1923 and passed Congress in 1972. Under U.S. law, amendments to the Constitution must ...