It is interesting to note the left's screed about maintaining the filibuster. Yet what is it really good for? The most famous case was when Byrd and his allies tried to filibuster the Civil Rights Bill. But a darker example also exists. One that I am sure Byrd and his ilk praise as being a demonstration of the minority's right to not be trampled by the majority:
The Senate resolution, sponsored by Sens. Mary Landrieu, D-La., and George Allen, R-Va., notes that nearly 200 anti-lynching bills were introduced in the first half of the 20th century and that seven presidents petitioned Congress to end lynching. But Senate filibusters blocked anti-lynching legislation for decades, Johnson said. βIt will be nice to have an apology from that same body,β she said.
Considering the latest use of the Fillibuster has been used to prevent 2 black and 1 hispanic judge to be elevated to the second highest court in the land, it seems clear that the only purpose of the fillibuster is for the last vestigages of racists and racism to thwart the will of a vast majority of Americans.
In that, the democrat leadership (Note for Pads - See? Disclaimer) has been very good about both perpetuating it, and reveling in their power to prolong racism.
And they call conservatives racists hate mongers? There goes those 3 fingers again.