re: #38 researchok

There is a distinction between real filibustering and legislators leaving the state.

The filibuster is an integral part of business as usual (for better or worse).

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The use of the filibuster by the GOP in recent history is not business as usual.

Nor was the number of appointments they blocked.

What these state legislators have done is different. They are precluding state business from being done.

It’s true. And moves like this— and like the filibuster— should be reserved for dire emergencies.