Live Filibuster Ongoing At Princeton

I see the Filibuster Frist filibuster is still going strong. I first mentioned the group on April 28. They now have a full website going, live webcam and live blogging.

Why Filibuster?

Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, Class of '74, is preparing to change Senate rules to prevent a Democratic filibuster of judicial nominees. This "Nuclear Option" would end the institutional role of the Senate as a deliberative body that respects minority views, and judicial nominations could be approved without even the minimal degree of mainstream acceptability that had previously been necessary. The implications for the federal judiciary, and the nation, are tremendous: the next round of appointees to sail through will no doubt be extremists ideologically committed to dismantling post-1937 constitutional jurisprudence (meaning no EPA, no FDA, no corporate liability, no healthcare or social welfare programs -ever).

To protest this destructive move, members of the Princeton University community have come together to hold a non-stop "filibuster" outside the Frist Campus Center (a building sponsored by Senator Frist's family).