Federalist 73 talks about how we'll make sure there's not an excess of lawmaking. How we can stop the bad bills is the veto pin alone. The Founders were always purposeful. The filibuster is an accident In 1805, Vice President Burr goes before a group of senators, makes a few comments. The Senate responds. They change the Senate rule no longer giving them the ability to end debate. About 50 years after the ratification of the Constitution, 1837 is when the, the results of that error that, that the Senate had made occurs the very first filibuster. (03:48–04:00)
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Asserts that in 1805, the Senate changed its rules to remove the ability to end debate.
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