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Filibuster protects rights of the minority
An article in the April 11 Topeka Capital Journal called for the end of the filibuster in the U.S. Senate because of its racist origin. It went on to say that the filibuster was conceived shortly before the Civil war as a tool historically used for racism. The article states that it is hardly what the founders intended and is a Jim Crow relic (Jim Crow laws came about after the Civil War, predominately in the South.)
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