Keep the Filibuster. The Country Will Need the Brakes More Than Ever.

The left's new demand is to "break the filibuster on the first day." Republicans in the minority — and Democrats with long memories — should say no.

By Clara Hughes

They have not even been sworn in, and the new Democratic majority’s activist wing already wants to tear up the Senate rulebook. Indivisible, the progressive group that calls the Trump administration a “fascistic clown show,” sent a memo to Senate Democratic offices last week listing its demands. Among them, Roll Call reported: “Breaking the filibuster on the first day of the new session.” Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts wrote in Time that if Republicans block Democratic bills, “then let’s clear away Senate filibuster rules and pass the laws anyway.” Texas Sen.-elect James Talarico told NBC News before his win that the filibuster “is a Jim Crow relic” leading to gridlock. And when incoming Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was asked about it, he