Senate rules, most notably the filibuster, may get nuked this week. Senators and newsies wax nostalgic over the looming loss of the good ole filibuster.
They shouldn't. Senate rules, the filibuster foremost, have been used for ignoble purposes since before the Civil War. Before the Civil War they were used by Democrats to defend slavery and block abolitionist legislation. After WWII Democrats used the filibuster to block civil rights legislation. Now they want to use it to block Republican judge appointments.
Weep not. The republic will be in better shape without the Senate filibuster.
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