I have no problem with a good filibuster. The problem is, no one has to actually do one any more.

Think about the ridiculousness of a bunch of lazy scoundrels who think a real filibuster is just too much work, so instead they all agree to replace it with a bit of procedural nonsense to create a dubious, extra-constitutional three-fifths majority requirement for all Senate votes.

Good plug for "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington."

A great Southern Tradition

Each House has the right to make its own rules under the Constitution. The filibuster can be tolerated or abolished by action of the house in which it is used. The leftos used to bemoan the filibuster. Now they embrace it. That is deliciously marvelous from an ironic historical viewpoint.