After the reading, write a brief (2-3 sentence) answer to each of the questions below.
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How does the filibuster serve as a 60 vote requirement in the United States Senate?
What are the best principled reasons you read about why we should abolish the legislative filibuster?
What are the best practical reasons from the readings about why we should abolish the legislative filibuster?
What are the best principled reasons from the readings about why we should preserve the legislative filibuster?
What are the best practical reasons from the readings why we should preserve the legislative filibuster.?
Koger, Gregory. “Filibusters and Majority Rule in the Senate.” from Dodd, Lawrence & Bruce I. Oppenheimer. Congress Reconsidered. 11th ed. CQ Press
Jentleson, Adam. “Beating Trump is Almost Meaningless without Reforming Mitch McConnell’s Senate. GQ.com. https://www.gq.com/story/senate-reform-necessity
Klein, Ezra. “The definitive case for ending the filibuster.” Vox.com Oct. 1, 2020. https://www.vox.com/21424582/filibuster-joe-biden-2020-senate-democrats-abolish-trump
Levin, Carl & Richard A. Arenberg. “Don’t fall for filibuster abolition. It’s a trap.” Washington Post. Sep. 23, 2020. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/23/dont-fall-filibuster-abolition-its-trap/
McConnell, Mitch. “The Filibuster Plays a Crucial Role in Our Constitutional Order.” New York Times. Aug. 22, 2019.
Reynolds, Molly “What is the Senate filibuster, and what would it take to eliminate it?
