Updates | The Week of April 10, 2017

There were both principled and pragmatic reasons for Senate Democrats not to filibuster the Gorsuch nomination, even if one believes he will be a bad justice, argues Daniel P. Tokaji on Take Care.

No one should weep for the destruction of the filibuster, argues Peter S. Kalikow in The Hill.

With the end of the filibuster, the Senate risks fundamental changes harmful to the legislative process, argues Abbe R. Gluck at Take Care.

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