Saturday, May 14, 2005

Filibuster

Changing the filibuster rules just to get some judges nominated is probably not a good idea. On the other hand, the filibuster is sort of a silly concept.

Regardless, here's an amusing article about an ongoing filibuster happening at Princeton. What I find particularly amusing about this is that most people complain that the government never gets anything done. But now, many people want to keep alive something that slows the government down. If that's the case, then the government must be doing something that people don't like.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The filibuster is a tool for the minority to prevent abuses by the majority. Haven't you ever seen Mr. Smith Goes to Washington?

Blogman said...

No, I haven't seen the movie.

This post had nothing to do with endorsing or condemning the filibuster, so much as pointing out what I see as a contradiction between conventional wisdom (Congress doesn't get anything done ever) and what is probably the more moderate position (the filibuster is actually pretty useful and doesn't need to be abolished).