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

When things actually happen on Capitol Hill, it’s frequently because senators find ways around the filibuster, the custom whereby a supermajority of 60 votes is required to pass legislation.

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 ...

Democrats have fallen back in love with the filibuster. Mere weeks into President Trump’s second term, Senate Democrats are already making liberal use of the obstructive maneuver, flying in the ...

but he opposed changing it in a way that imperiled the constitutional structure of the Senate. Taft promised to support some other plan to curb filibusters. The majority against adopting new rules ...

Szalai claimed that “Constitution worship” was possibly ... undemocratic” United States Senate and objecting to the ...

Our 237-year-old Constitution is out of date.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.

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 until 1972. Under U.S. law, amendments to the Constitution ...

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 ...