Not a Filibuster Problem, a Nullification Problem - James Fallows - The Atlantic

Not a Filibuster Problem, a Nullification Problem - James Fallows - The Atlantic: I actually think "filibuster disaster" is the wrong way of thinking of it. We don't have a filibuster problem. We have a nullification problem. Abuse of the filibuster is just one aspect of it, and one of several tactics.Mass filibuster of presidential nominees to head organizations like the CFPB, NLRB, etc., isn't just an abuse of a tactic. It's a nullification of federal law. What's really breathtaking about it isn't the number of filibusters, but the fact that they've dropped all pretense of objecting to the nominees themselves: they say explicitly that they are blocking these nominees because they don't like the laws they would enforce.