Atlanta attorney Emmet Bondurant rejects the U.S. Senate filibuster as unconstitutional but says the Nov. 21 vote to change it violated Senate rules and could lead to “an even more partisan and lawless Senate.”
Bondurant, who represents Common Cause in a suit to strike down the 95-year-old filibuster rule, said the rule is “fundamentally undemocratic” because it requires three-fifths of the Senate, or 60 votes, to close debate before a vote can be called.
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