UChicago Center for Effective Government and Protect Democracy held a panel discussion with scholars to discuss the origins of the Senate filibuster and its implications for governance. How does the modern filibuster relate to the Constitution and the founders' original designs? Do the current cloture rules effectively strengthen or weaken our democracy? This interdisciplinary panel highlights some of the more than 350 historians, political scientists, and legal scholars who have recently called for filibuster reform.
Speakers included:
Catherine Fisk, Barbara Nachtrieb Armstrong Professor of Law, University of California, Berkeley
William Howell, Sydney Stein Professor in American Politics, University of Chicago; Director, UChicago Center for Effective Government
Kenneth A. Shepsle, George D. Markham Professor of Government, Harvard University
Gisela Sin, Associate Professor of Political Science, University of Illinois
Ben Raderstorf, Policy Advocate, Protect Democracy (moderator)
