![Filibuster Rules and Filibuster Norms](https://www.jurist.org/commentary/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2021/04/US_Senate_1618695227.jpg)
The filibuster debate has focused on whether the rule facilitates or stifles negotiation and compromise. Of course, the rule – that 60 votes are required to end debate – doesn’t do either. It’s the norms that those subject to the rule adopt that matter. When I was younger, it seemed, Congress adhered to a norm [...]