[theDentist]

I still don't understand why the pubbies don't change this freakin' rule!

[KellyAdmirer]

After this, the Republicans should do a 300-hour talkathon, then a 3000 hour one, and so on, until this issue is resolved for good. Enough pussy-footing around!

[Mich0127]

I heard Sen. Miller discussing this on Hannity's radio show. I doubt our forefathers wanted a tyrannical minority to rule over the mejority..sounds very un-American
The laws need to be changed.

[Mich0127]

BUMP!

[TrappedInLiberalHell]

I don't know about anyone else, but I'd vote for Zell Miller over a good number of Republican Senators. He's everything Jeffords was not when it comes to being a 'rogue'. He honored the voters who put him there by staying put, but he votes with his conscience and tries to reform his party (in vain) from within. He's one of those guys my late mother, a lifelong liberal, and I would both have voted for (something I can't say about very many people).

[G.Mason]

"Filibusters in general and judicial filibusters particularly go on trial Wednesday as Republicans kickoff a 30-hour marathon debate designed to attract attention to the cause. When they finish, the Senate is expected to consider a rules change sponsored by Miller and Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., that would outlaw the infinite filibuster of judges."

Could get very interesting. A thirty hour advertisement, and then on with the show, with most of the nation watching.

[Prince Caspian]

Recess appointments of someone more conservative than the person being fillibustered. Sounds like great political hardball to me. And probably the best option right now.

[TSgt]

If the Republican Senators truly believed in service they would keep the Senate in session throughout the holidays until the Dems finally gave up. I've already heard whining by Dems about possibly getting out late for the Thanksgiving Holiday due to the Republican filibuster.

All the while our young men and serve night and day overseas through the holidays.

[LiteKeeper]

SPOTREP - ZEL MILLER CHEER

[Congressman Billybob]

The reasons why the judicial appointments are critical to the future of the nation were covered in my last two columns. Both of these have discussion treads on FreeRepublic.

"Open Judicial Mouth, Insert Foot" concerns Justice O'Connor's speech about using foreign laws and decisions to decide US Supreme Court cases. The subject of "Janice Brown: Guilty of 'Judging while Honest'" is obvious from the title.

Normally, the appointment of federal judges (which ultimately leads to appointment of Supreme Court Justices) is a back-burner issue that most folks ignore. I hope that here, on FreeRepublic, that is has become, and will remain, a front-burner issue all the way through the 2004 election.

Congressman Billybob

Latest column, "The 2004 Election is Over, Now," discussion thread. IF YOU WANT A FREEPER IN CONGRESS, CLICK HERE.

[CHICAGOFARMER]

Republicans do not have the Ba!!s to properly conduct a filibuster, or to break a filibuster.