Heart to Hart: Filibuster Finis - Special Guest Gary Hart

Published: Jan. 19, 2022, 4:15 a.m.

b'Exactly 10 years to the day prior to the January 6 outrages, Professor Amar and former Senator Gary Hart teamed up for a history-changing article explaining how the filibuster could become a thing of the past. In ensuing years, the \\u201cnuclear option\\u201d they outlined was invoked on presidential appointments, then Supreme Court nominations, and now it is so close to being gone for good.\\xa0 But this is just one episode in an epic American life served in the public sphere, and we go afield to begin to tap the endless insights of this man who was nearly President, and wound up doing, and knowing, more than you can imagine - and he begins to share it with us.\\xa0 Part one of two special episodes.'