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[CyberAnt]

FINALLY .. I have been yelling this all over the place .. trying to get people to realize this is a BIG deal and WE MUST WIN THIS ATTACK AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION.

[lilylangtree]

Judicial filibustering is not constitutional.

[Polyxene]

Here's an idea -- why doesn't Feckless Frist get a copy of that part of the Constitution, blow it up REAL BIG and put it in front of the Senate for all to see, read it R-E-A-L-L-Y S-L-O-W (so even Sheets can see and hear) and then say, "What part of this don't you understand, you @#$%^&* morons????"

[Sandy]

The Framers of the US Constitution were absolutely specific about what actions under the Constitution would require a super majority vote. Those situations are rare and carefully laid out. Senate confirmation of federal judges is definitively NOT one of those situations.

This is bull. Just because the Constitution requires a super majority in some matters doesn't mean that a super majority is forbidden in other matters.

"Not required" does not equal "prohibited".

Any attempt to create a standard not specified in the Constitution, without amending the Constitution, is nothing short of a violation of the Constitution.

More bull. The Constitution doesn't specify a standard, so *any* standard is going to be a "standard not specified".

[RetiredArmy]

Since when the language of the Constitution and Bill of Rights stop a senator from doing his/her thang?