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Filibustering Judicial Nominees [message #154014] Wed, 11 May 2005 14:11 Go to next message
SuperFlyingEngi is currently offline  SuperFlyingEngi
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"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect "domestic security." Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent. --U.S. Supreme Court decision (407 U.S. 297 (1972)

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Filibustering Judicial Nominees [message #154021] Wed, 11 May 2005 14:35 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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Filibuster is a waste of time and probably tax money, I wish it wasn't allowed.

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Filibustering Judicial Nominees [message #154025] Wed, 11 May 2005 14:50 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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It's a great strategy. It's actually your tax dollars at work, well, depending on what side you're on.

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Filibustering Judicial Nominees [message #154077] Wed, 11 May 2005 22:20 Go to previous messageGo to next message
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I think the idea of a Filibuster is fine, I completely disagree with the current way in which they are using it.

If one party says they want to vote on an issue, the other party can simply "threaten" to filibuster, and the issue is tabled so they can move on with their business and go home early. If you're going to filibuster, then get on down to the floor and start talking bitch. Then stay there, continuing to talk, passing the floor on to your fellow party members for as long as needed to either get the floor to vote to end the filibuster, or vote on the issue at hand..
Filibustering Judicial Nominees [message #154171] Thu, 12 May 2005 13:25 Go to previous messageGo to next message
SuperFlyingEngi is currently offline  SuperFlyingEngi
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Filibuster is a waste of time and probably tax money, I wish it wasn't allowed.


So you're in support of the "nuclear option"?


"To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public." -- Theodore Roosevelt (1918)

"The danger to political dissent is acute where the Government attempts to act under so vague a concept as the power to protect "domestic security." Given the difficulty of defining the domestic security interest, the danger of abuse in acting to protect that interest becomes apparent. --U.S. Supreme Court decision (407 U.S. 297 (1972)

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Filibustering Judicial Nominees [message #154266] Thu, 12 May 2005 22:23 Go to previous messageGo to next message
Jecht is currently offline  Jecht
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I believe I am in support of not allowing filibuster, I said nothing about nuclear option.

Am I correct in my definition of what a filibuster is? - when a Senator(because once on the floor, they have unlimited time on the floor) reads or speaks without any regards to the topic mearly to wait out a "surrender" by the opposing party until the Senator gets his way.


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Filibustering Judicial Nominees [message #154267] Thu, 12 May 2005 22:38 Go to previous message
cheesesoda is currently offline  cheesesoda
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Yes, that's what a filibuster is, and it's a perfect strategy to be used. The whole point of them being there is because we, the people, voted them into that position, so they're just doing their job and supporting the ideas and desires of those who voted for them. I know that if the democrats wanted to pass something I didn't agree with, I'd filibuster until they'd give up on passing it. They're doing their job.

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