George Will On Filibusters

Why Filibusters Should Be Allowed

By George F. Will
Sunday, March 20, 2005; Page B07 in the Washington Post

With Republicans inclined to change Senate rules to make filibusters of judicial nominees impossible, Democrats have recklessly given Republicans an additional incentive to do so. It is a redundant incentive, because Republicans think -- mistakenly -- that they have sufficient constitutional reasons for doing so...