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qazplm135

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13. Yes

Sat Jun 4, 2022, 09:57 PM

Jun 2022

because the Constitution allows each body to make their own rules, and we didn't create the idea of a filibuster.

Plenty of things aren't "mandated" in the Constitution, the Constitution either allowing something or also not forbidding something are also possibilities.

And in this case, the Constitution specifically, and clearly, gives the power to each House of Congress to set their rules. That means it includes the filibuster.

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Is the concept of the filibuster really in the Constitution? [View all] RicROC Jun 2022 OP

NO. It is a created rule of the Senate. hlthe2b Jun 2022 #1

+1 H2O Man Jun 2022 #2

It's not in the Constitution at all. It's just a Senate rule... brush Jun 2022 #3

Not entirely correct, it was created by mistake in 1805/06. Celerity Jun 2022 #16

No, but neither is one man one vote brooklynite Jun 2022 #4

but my point, if the rule is that 85 Senators are needed to pass any bill, RicROC Jun 2022 #5

No requirement to be fair SCantiGOP Jun 2022 #6

Fairness isn't a requirement DetroitLegalBeagle Jun 2022 #8

I see it this way, ForgedCrank Jun 2022 #14

You think "one man one vote" applies dpibel Jun 2022 #11

Insomuch as the Constitution says the qazplm135 Jun 2022 #7

Seems backward to me dpibel Jun 2022 #12

Yes qazplm135 Jun 2022 #13

Our government has been perverted. Historic NY Jun 2022 #9

The senate was designed specifically to *not* represent the people democratically unblock Jun 2022 #10

As created, the Senate was not made to be democratic JCMach1 Jun 2022 #15