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To: conejo99

What is the purpose of the filibuster? Why shouldn’t the majority prevail?


20 posted on 02/01/2017 2:08:22 PM PST by KevinB (Barack Obama: The best example in history of the dangers of affirmative action!)
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To: KevinB

“What is the purpose of the filibuster? Why shouldn’t the majority prevail?”
There is an old phrase, the tyranny of the majority.
Our government was designed to split power among various groups to prevent 51% of the people making laws that impose unwanted restrictions and obligations on everybody else.


32 posted on 02/01/2017 5:49:13 PM PST by conejo99
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