over 100 commentaries on the importance - Judging the Environment

OVER 100 COMMENTARIES ON THE IMPORTANCE
OF MAINTAINING SENATE RULES THAT PERMIT FILIBUSTERS OF JUDICIAL NOMINEES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Click on links to go to a column or op-ed, then click on "Back to Top" Thomas Mann, Roll Call, (Jun. 27, 2006) E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post
(Mar. 22, 2005) Michael Hammond, The Union Leader [Manchester, NH] (Mar. 21, 2005) Judd Legum and Christy Harvey, The Nation (Mar. 21, 2005) Marianne Means, The Day [CT] (Mar. 20, 2005) George Will, Washington Post (Mar. 20, 2005) Dawn Miller, Charlotte Gazette [WV] (Mar. 19, 2005) Stuart Rothenberg, Roll Call [DC] (Mar. 17, 2005)
Bruce Ackerman, The Philadelphia Inquirer (Mar. 16, 2005)
Jim McClure and Malcolm Wallop, The Wall Street Journal (Mar. 15, 2005) Judd Legum and Christy Harvey, The San Diego Union- Tribune (Mar. 11, 2005) John W. Leek, The Mississippi Press
(Mar. 11, 2005) Nicholas F. Benton, The Falls-Church [VA] News-Press (Mar. 10, 2005) John Hanchette, Niagara Falls Reporter [NY] (Mar. 8, 2005) Molly Ivins, Creators Syndicate (Mar. 8, 2005) John Heilemann, New York Magazine (Mar. 7, 2005) Herman Schwartz, Legal Times (Mar. 7, 2005) DeWayne Wickham, USA Today (Mar. 7, 2005) Sarah Binder and Steven Smith, St. Louis Post-Dispatch (Mar. 6, 2005) Marianne Means, Charlotte Observer (Mar. 6, 2005) Jim Puzzanghera, San Jose Mercury News (Mar. 6, 2005) Robert Byrd, Washington Post (Mar. 4, 2005) Cokie and Steven Roberts, Decatur [IN] Daily Democrat (Mar. 4, 2005) Jules Whitover, Baltimore Sun (Mar. 4, 2005) Will Nevin, GW Hatchet [DC] (Mar. 3, 2005) Kam Williams, the Jacksonville Advocate [FL] (Mar. 3, 2005) Garrett Epps, The Nation (Mar. 2, 2005) Butch Mazzuca, Vail Daily [CO] (Mar. 2. 2005) Dick Morris, The Hill (Mar. 2, 2005) Katrina Van Heuvel, The Nation, (Mar. 2, 2005) Clovis News Journal [NM] (Feb. 28, 2005) Sarakay Smullens, Philadelphia Daily News (Feb. 09, 2005) Lawrence R. Butler, The Hill (Feb. 8, 2005) Jean Johnson Indian Country Today [NY] (Feb. 07, 2005) Jane Wallace Claymore, The Charleston Gazette [WV] (Feb. 01, 2005) Kevin Drum, The Washington Post
(Jan. 31, 2005) Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), The Hill
(Jan. 26, 2005) Glenn Scherer, Grist Magazine: Environmental News & Commentary
(Jan. 20, 2005) Robyn E. Blumner, St. Petersburg [FL] Times (Jan. 16, 2005) Ryan Sager, Tech Central Station [OH] (Jan. 12, 2005) Douglas Waller, Time Magazine (Jan. 10, 2005) Carl Tobias, The Roanoke [VA] Times (Jan. 09, 2005) Senate Floor statement of Sen. Richard Durbin (D-IL) Congressional Record,
Jan. 6, 2005 George E. Curry, The Sacramento [CA] Observer (Jan. 6, 2005) Nick Huggler, The Daily Barometer [Oregon State University: Corvallis]
(Jan. 6, 2005) Steve Horowitz, Political Gateway
(Jan. 5, 2005) Carl Tobias, The National Law Journal (Jan. 3, 2005) Tom Teepen, Grand Forks Herald
(Jan. 3, 2005) John W. Dean, FindLaw (Dec. 31, 2004) Dick Morris, News-Press [Fort Myers, FL] (Dec. 30, 2004) Tom Teepen, Palm Beach Post (Dec. 30, 2004) Interview with Senator-Elect Ken Salazar on CBS' Face the Nation (Dec. 26,
2004) Letter to the editor, The Canyon News (So. Cal.), (Dec. 26, 2004) Arianna Huffington, AlterNet (Dec. 22, 2004) Paul McLeary, New York Press (Dec. 21, 2004) Stuart Taylor Jr., Legal Times
(Dec. 20, 2004) Paul Barton, The Arkansas Democrat Gazette (Dec. 19, 2004) Norman Ornstein, Roll Call (Dec. 13, 2004) Alan Bisbort, Hartford [CT] Advocate (Dec. 9, 2004) George Will, Newsweek (Dec. 6, 2004)
Michael Gerhardt & Erwin Chemerinsky, Los Angeles Times (Dec. 5, 2004) Paul Rolly, Salt Lake Tribune (Dec. 4, 2004) Michael King, The Austin Chronicle (Dec. 3, 2004) Carl P. Leubsdorf, The Dallas Morning News (Dec. 1, 2004) Lionel Van Deerlin, San Diego Union Tribune (Dec. 1, 2004) Dan K. Thomasson, Modesto Bee [CA] (Nov. 29, 2004) Carol Towarnicky, Knight Rider Newspapers (Nov. 29, 2004) John W. Dean, Findlaw (Nov. 19, 2004) Norman J. Ornstein, Roll Call (Nov. 17, 2004) Dick Morris, The Hill (Nov. 17, 2004) John Nichols, The Capital Times (Madison, Wisconsin) (Nov. 16, 2004) John Nichols, The Nation (Nov. 15, 2004) Michael Kinsley, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, and Baltimore Sun
(Nov. 14, 2004) George E. Curry, The Seattle Medium (Sept. 1, 2004) Professor Elliot Slotnick, Jurist, Symposium (April 15, 2004) Sheldon Goldman, Jurist, Symposium (April 15, 2004) Professor Michael J. Gerhardt, Jurist Online Symposium (April 15, 2004) Jack M. Balkin, Jurist Online Symposium (April 15, 2004) Waldo Proffitt, Sarasota [FL] Herald-Tribune (April 11, 2004) Juan Non-Volokh, The Volokh Conspiracy Blog (March 24, 2004) Mary Lynn F. Jones, The American Prospect (Feb. 23, 2004) Mike McNair, Buckeye Review [OH] (Dec. 1, 2003) Tom Teepen, TheDay.com
(Nov. 20, 2003) Mary Lynn F. Jones, The American Prospect (Nov. 19, 2003) Daryl Lease, Sarasota [FL] Herald-Tribune (Nov. 17, 2003) Eleanor Clift, MSNBC.com (Nov. 14, 2003)
Alfred P. Doblin, The Herald News [NJ] (Nov. 14, 2003) John W. Dean, Salon.com (Nov. 13, 2003) Cheri Delbrocco, The Memphis Flyer (Nov. 13, 2003) Michael Crowley, The New Republic Online (Nov. 13, 2003) O. Ricardo Pimentel, The Arizona Republic (Sept. 14, 2003) Marianne Means, The Houston Chronicle (Sept. 12, 2003 Alfred Doblin, The Herald News [NJ] (Sept. 8, 2003)
Darren Allen, Rutland Herald [VT] (Aug. 9, 2003) Hank Kalet, South Brunswick Post and The Cranbury Press [NJ] (Aug. 7, 2003) Richard Condon, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Aug. 7, 2003) Matthew Rothschild, The Progressive (July 11, 2003) James Heflin, The Valley Advocate [MA] (July 10, 2003) Lawrence Hunter, The Washington Times (June 22, 2003) Judith Resnik, The New York Times (June 11, 2003) Albert R. Hunt, The Wall Street Journal (June 5, 2003) Jack Newfield, The Nation (June 2, 2003) Mark Engler, TomPaine.com (May 28, 2003) Adam Cohen, The New York Times (May 27, 2003) Stuart Taylor Jr., Legal Times and National Journal (May 27, 2003) Maya Valverde, The Olympian (May 27, 2003) John W. Dean, Findlaw (May 23, 2003) Steve Chapman, The Chicago Tribune (May 22, 2003) Peter Beinart, The New Republic (May 22, 2003) Norman J. Ornstein, Roll Call (May 21, 2003) Harry Austin, The Chattanooga Times Free Press (May 20, 2003) Robert W. Bennett, The Chicago Tribune (May 20, 2003) Susanna Farber, Mustang Daily (May 20, 2003) Eleanor Clift, Newsweek (May 19, 2003)
Jon Delano, The Pittsburgh Business Times (May 16, 2003) Lee Davidson, Deseret Morning News [UT] (May 14, 2003) Ellen Goodman, Boston Globe (May 14, 2003) Joel Connelly, Seattle Post-Intelligencer (May 14, 2003) Norman Ornstein, The New York Times (May 14, 2003) Joe Conason, Salon.com (May 9, 2003) E.J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post (May 9, 2003) Eleanor Clift , Newsweek (May 9, 2003) Hank Kalet , South Brunswick Post [NJ] (May 9, 2003) Tom Teepen, The Spokesman-Review (Spokane) (May 5, 2003) Herman Schwartz , Insight Magazine (April 15, 2003) Michael Crowley, The New Republic (April 2, 2003) Mary Lynn F. Jones, The American Prospect (Mar. 17, 2003) Waldo Proffitt, Herald-Tribune [FL] (Mar. 16, 2003) Cragg Hines, Houston Chronicle (Mar. 7, 2003) Tisha R. Tallman & Charles T. Lester Jr., The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
(Mar. 6, 2003) Edward Lazarus, Findlaw (Mar. 6, 2003) Kevin R. Johnson, Findlaw (Feb. 27, 2003) Bruce Ackerman, Los Angeles Times (Feb. 27, 2003) Ernesto Portillo Jr., The Arizona Daily Star (Feb. 27, 2003) Dolores Huerta, Oregonian (Feb. 24, 2003) Jay Bookman, Atlanta Journal-Constitution (Feb. 24, 2003) E. J. Dionne Jr., Washington Post (Feb. 21, 2003) Judy Ettenhofer, Capital Times (Feb. 10, 2003) Joanne Mariner, Findlaw (Nov. 25, 2002) Erwin Chemerinsky & Catherine Fisk, Los Angeles Times (Nov. 11, 2002)
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Excerpts From 'The Broken Branch' [on the nuclear option]
Thomas Mann, Roll Call, June 27, 2006 On Aug. 1, Oxford University Press will release "The Broken Branch: How
Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track" (part of the
Institutions of American Democracy Series), written by Thomas Mann of the
Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute's Norman
Ornstein (a contributing writer for Roll Call). What follows are excerpts
from the book, printed with permission from the publisher.
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Excerpts From 'The Broken Branch' [on the nuclear option]
Roll Call, June, 27, 2006
http://www.rollcall.com/issues/51_144/hill_bookshelf/14009-1.html On Aug. 1, Oxford University Press will release "The Broken Branch: How
Congress Is Failing America and How to Get It Back on Track" (part of the
Institutions of American Democracy Series), written by Thomas Mann of the
Brookings Institution and the American Enterprise Institute's Norman
Ornstein (a contributing writer for Roll Call). What follows are excerpts
from the book, printed with permission from the publisher.
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The Nuclear Option
Nothing underscores more the indifference to institution - and the decline
in Senate pride - than the flap over Rule XXII and the filibuster when it
came to President Bush's judicial nominations in 2003-2005. Unlimited
debate defines the uniqueness of the Senate. As discussed in chapter 2,
from its early days, the Senate had no way to stop debate. The "filibuster"
as we know it - and the supermajority requirement for cloture - was
actually a reform to expedite action, not to block it. Prior to 1917, there
was, in effect, no limit on debate in the Senate. Any one senator, or any
small group of senators, could keep debate going indefinitely.
That ability was a part of the unique role of the Senate, which was
designed by the framers to slow the process and add to its deliberative
nature. Just as the Senate itself is not representative of the majority of
the country - senators from small states, which collectively represent a
fraction of the overall population