Ending Catch-22
b'10 years after Professor Amar wrote, with Gary Hart, on how the Senate can put an end to the filibuster, it remains (mostly) in place.\\xa0 Akhil and Andy take you through the long history of this notorious practice, from the pre-Constitutional theories and practices, through the many misdeeds of the post-Civil War and 20th century periods, to today where the filibuster looms large but also is threatened with extinction.\\xa0 Professor John Fabian Witt joins the conversation with unique insights into the origins of the \\u201cmodern\\u201d filibuster, how it was employed to thwart anti-lynching as well as major civil rights legislation. What is now rule 22 (\\u201ccatch-22\\u201d) is not so entrenched, not so consistent with the Senate\\u2019s mission, as many have thought.\\xa0 Thanks again to EverScholar (everscholar.org) for sponsoring \\u201cAmarica\\u2019s Constitution.\\u201d'