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© Greg Nash The filibuster should be near, if not at, the top of the list of characteristics of American government most to blame for the current impasse in Washington. Everyone knows the politics, but it’s important not to overlook the constitutional text. As the Brennan Center for Justice reported last year in The Case Against the Filibuster, “the filibuster did not become a rule or practice of the Senate until 129 years after the Constitution was ratified. Moreover, not only is the Constitution silent on the matter, but it prescribes supermajority votes only for very specific subjects, such as treaties, making clear that a simple majority is the expectation for other circumstances, including legislation. This indicates that supermajorities, as required by the filibuster, are otherwise disfavored.” Citing work by Professors Jonathan Chafetz and Burt Neuborne, the Brennan Center added that “some legal scholars have argued that the filibuster is unconstitutional because

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