7/4/2023 0 Comments Adam jentleson kill switch![]() ![]() Harry Reid’s former Deputy Chief of Staff, to write Kill Switch : The Rise of the Modern Senate and the Crippling of American Democracy. It is now a kill switch that allows a minority of the Senate, representing a minority of voters, to repeatedly block needed-and popular-legislation. The modern filibuster is the result of more than two centuries of work by those who stood-and stand-in the way of equality, progress, and fairness. ![]() ![]() Why can’t we pass gun control legislation even after a horrific mass shooting? Why couldn’t Congress pass any civil rights legislation for 82 years after Reconstruction? What could prevent us from reversing the anti-democratic, anti-voting legislation coming from states like Georgia?īut isn’t the filibuster a central part of the founder’s vision for our country? Doesn’t the filibuster protect minority rights? And doesn’t the filibuster encourage bipartisan legislating? In partnership with The American Constitution Society chapters from Berkeley Law, Stanford Law School, and ASU Law, the Political & Election Empowerment Project, and Manny’s Join us on Thursday, April 15 at 5pm PT for a Book Club Talk with Adam Jentleson on his book Kill Switch: The Rise of the Modern Senare and the Crippling of American Democracy , moderated by Spencer Pahlke and Amanda Sadra! ![]()
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