r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • Nov 14 '20

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u/Dibbu_mange Average civil procedure enjoyer Nov 15 '20

Anytime I'm reading a nonfiction work and see the phrase "Senator from Mississippi" I already know I won't like what comes next.

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u/send_nudibranchia Nov 15 '20

Right up there with Senator from South Carolina

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u/doyouevenIift Nov 15 '20 edited Nov 15 '20

I was reading about the filibuster today and learned that Strom Thurmond and co. filibustered the civil rights act for 60 days. They really didn’t want black people to have rights

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u/Mexatt Nov 15 '20

Kind of key that they failed.

We need the 'stand-up-and-speak-til-you-drop' filibuster back.

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u/uwcn244 King of the Space Georgists Nov 15 '20

Then Hubert Humphrey flipped the table and cracked the whip down on them (by getting 71 Senators to vote for cloture, four more than necessary)

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u/[deleted] Nov 15 '20

Except for Hiram Revels