He had no plan, the wrong shoes, and no water. Before Rand Paul launched his near 13-hour filibuster, Paul had only a few binders of information he planned to reference while he was speaking. Continue Reading
Here's an irony the Founding Fathers could never have anticipated: The old-fashioned filibuster â€" that most archaic of parliamentary tools â€" is suddenly the rage of the attention-span-challenged social media set. Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) created a
“Dear Senator Paul,†Attorney General Eric Holder began, in a letter he sent to Rand Paul this morning. Paul might have read it with tired eyes, since he'd spent almost thirteen hours yesterday filibustering the nomination of John Brennan as director
Rand Paul's old-school talking filibuster about drone strikes on American soil lasted until just after midnight yesterday, and it won lots of praise. At least it was a serious filibuster, after all, one that required some serious effort.
Rand Paul's questions have been proper and necessary. This letter is a toehold of constitutionality, but it shouldn't be the last one.
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