Subj : Re: Shutdown
To   : IB Joe
From : Aaron Thomas
Date : Mon Oct 13 2025 10:35:16

 IJ> Recall Senator Democrat Robert Byrd, an X-KKK member, filibustered the
 IJ> 1964 Civil Rights Act... 
 IJ> 
 IJ> The Republicans overcame the filibuster and as a result this was
 IJ> eventually signed into law

That's a good point, and I understand that the filibuster served a good purpose at that time, but I still think that the majority should rule.

The majority rules in elections, and that works out pretty good.

Worst case scenario for if there were no filibuster in 1964: The Civil Rights Act would have had to wait another year or 2.

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