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Judicial Nominations, Filibusters, and the Constitution
May 6, 2003 U.S. Senate hearing report.
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 f...
Floyd Riddick on Cloture and Filibusters
Interview with a former Senate Parliamentarian, including discussion of whether the Senate is a "co...
Briefing on Filibuster and Cloture
Background information from the U.S. Senate Historian.
Jefferson on Politics&Government: Majority Rule
Jefferson's political philosophy in his own words. Contains the founding principles of American sel...
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 filibuster...
Senate Resolution 138 of the 108th Congress
The text of an amendment to U.S. Senate Rule 22 regarding filibusters of judicial nominees.
Filibuster Derails Supreme Court Appointment
Article from the United States Senate.
Harvard Journal of Law and Public Policy: The Constitutional Option
Martin Gold and Dimple Gupta describe ways for a simple majority of Senators to change the text or ...
Free Republic: Frist Backs Rule Change on Judges
Describes various strategies to overcome filibusters of judicial nominees in the U.S. Senate, such ...
The American Thinker: Judicial Nominee filibusters and Senate Rules
Contends that filibusters of nominees violate US Senate Rule 31.