Filibuster und Unity vs. Bipartisanship

Amerikas Verfassung

Folge 3 „Filibuster und Unity vs. Bipartisanship“
(aufgenommen am 15. Februar 2021)

Housekeeping

Online-Vortrag: Transatlantische Beziehungen unter Joe Biden

News Stories

Liz Cheney und Marjorie Taylor Greene

Statement von Liz Cheney (via Politico)

Podcast The Daily (New York Times)

Adorf, Philipp (2019): Die Republikanische Partei in den USA (UTB Verlag)

How the “QAnon Candidate” Marjorie Taylor Greene Reached the Doorstep of Congress (The New Yorker)

Das Impeachment-Verfahren und Mitch McConnell

Senate Roll Call Vote No. 33, “A resolution impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors”, February 5, 2020.

Senate Roll Call Vote No. 59, “A resolution impeaching Donald John Trump, President of the United States, for high crimes and misdemeanors”, February 13, 2021.

McConnell's full remarks following Senate vote to acquit Trump (NBC News)

Quick end to impeachment leaves some questions about Trump’s Jan. 6 actions unanswered (The Washington Post)

Deep Dive: Der Filibuster

The History of the Filibuster (Brookings Institute)

Biden Won’t Budge on the Senate Filibuster. Why Aren’t Progressives Pushing Him? (The New York Times)

5 ideas to reform the filibuster that Joe Manchin might actually support (Vox)

What is the Senate filibuster, and what would it take to eliminate it? (Brookings Institute)

Cloture Motions (U.S. Senate)

History of the word “Filibuster” (NPR)

The Senate Filibuster Is Another Monument to White Supremacy (The Atlantic)

Brief der Senator*innen zum Erhalt des Filibusters, 2017

Opinion: Democrats have vigorously used the filibuster. It’s pathetic they now won’t pledge to protect it. (Washington Post)

Joe Biden May Have Only 2 Years to Get Things Done (The New York Times)

Deep Dive: Unity vs. Bipartisanship

Democrats, Here’s How to Lose in 2022. And Deserve It. (The New York Times)

Republicans Have Decided Not to Rethink Anything (New York Magazine)

Why Megyn Kelly and some other conservatives are resisting calls for unity (Deseret News)

Joe Biden had a choice: Go big or go bipartisan. He opted for big (Los Angeles Times)

How Biden Plans to Beat Republican Obstructionism (The Atlantic)

Biden draws distinction between ‘unity’ and ‘bipartisanshp’ (The Washington Post)

Lee, Frances E. (2016): Insecure Majorities. Congress and the Perpetual Campaign, Chicago, IL.

Transatlantic Treat

Framing Britney Spears exposes the contradictions of American womanhood (The Guardian)

Is Britney Spears Ready to Stand on Her Own? (The New York Times)

Alle haben an Britney Spears verdient (Der Spiegel)