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Following a rule change in the 1970s, the minority is now incentivized to use the filibuster more frequently.
In this episode of Civitas Conversations, Richard Reinsch speaks with Joseph Postell, an expert in Congress and administrative law, about the future of the filibuster and the deeper institutional challenges facing the U.S. Senate.
Drawing on Postell’s Civitas Outlook essay, “Why Can’t We Have a Filibuster?”, the conversation explores how the Senate moved from dramatic, “talking” filibusters—where senators held the floor for hours—to today’s low-cost, procedural obstruction that effectively imposes a 60-vote threshold on nearly all legislation.
Civitas Conversations features leading scholars, commentators, and thought leaders for in-depth discussions of the latest essays in Civitas Outlook—and the ideas behind them. A production of the Civitas Institute at the University of Texas at Austin.
Civitas Conversations
Thomas D. Howes on Statesmanship and Our Flailing Country
In this episode of Civitas Conversations, Richard M. Reinsch II interviews Thomas D. Howes about his recent Outlook article "Spencer Cox Provides the Statesmanship America Needs."
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Michael Lucchese on Understanding Reagan's Conservatism and Buchanan's Populism
Richard M. Reinsch II interviews Michael Lucchese about his recent Civitas Outlook article "Not-So-Beautiful Losers: How Conservatism Won the Cold War – and Lost the Peace."
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