President Donald Trump is urging Senate Republicans to end the filibuster to bring the month-long government shutdown to a close.

That’s a really bad idea, and the Republicans know it’s a really bad idea. They told us so when Democrats threatened to end the cloture rule after President Joe Biden was elected, and they were frustrated that an equally divided U.S. Senate was blocking the implementation of his progressive agenda.

The filibuster is one of the last remaining protections against the tyranny of the majority.

Enacted in 1917, it is designed to ensure adequate deliberation in lawmaking. While the U.S. House is a straight-up majority rule institution, the filibuster has made the U.S. Senate a deliberative body somewhat shielded from the passions of the day.

Had Democrats succeede

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