Filibuster This!

This is something I have been wanting to place on this cornucopia of information for a while, but I have finally got around to it today. (Hey, better late than never!) Regardless, with another process of going through the motions to approvew the appointment of another Supreme Court Justice nominee, the contents to soon follow is, in fact, relevent.

Joyce and I have had some of the Kool-Aid drinking, Air(head) America listening, liberal Democrat extremists, trying to tell us, in their rose-tinted glasses world, how it is okay for the Dems to use the filibuster for basically whatever reason they feel like, better known as obstructionism to those who really can see through the fog. There are only SEVEN instances in which a filibuster is permissible, as stated by the Constitution.

The source of this information comes from the book, Men in Black: How the Supreme Court is Destroying America, by Dr. Mark Levin, a legitimate expert on Constitutional Law in this great country of ours. The text, to be revealed below, is from pages 190-91 of this recommended reading:
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"Indeed, the Constitution provides only a few specific instances in which a super-majority vote is required:

- "The Concurrence of two thirds" of either the House or the Senate is required to expel a member of Congress under Article I, Section 5.

- "No Person shall be convicted" by the Senate in an impeachment trial "without the Concurrence of two thirds of the Members present," according to Article I, Section 3.

- Legislation can be enacted over Presedential veto if "two thirds" of each House approves, pursuant to Article I, Section 7.

- The President is authorized to ratify treaties only if "two thirds of the Senators present concur," under Article II, Section 2.

- Congress may propose amendments to the Constitution "whenever two thirds of both Houses shall deem it necessary," according to Article V.

- Under the Fourteenth Amendment, Congress is authorized, "by a vote of two-thirds of each House," to restore the right of federal service to rebels who, having previously sworn allegience to the United States as a federal or state officer, subsequently supported the Confederacy during the Civil War.

- Under the Twenty-fifth Amendment, Congress may determine "by two-thirds vote of both Houses" that "the President is unable to discharge the powers and duties of his office." ...

... The president can counter Democrats' efforts by appointing judges when the Senate is not in session. By doing so, he would be exercising his power under Article II of the Constitution to make recess appointments. Article II provides, in part, "The president shall have power to fill up all vacancies that may happen during the recess of the Senate, by granting commissions which shall expire at the end of their next session."
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With the last point mentioned, this was how President Bush was able to appoint John Bolton as our representative to the United Nations.

These are the ONLY instances in which, accoring to the constitution, a filibuster is legitimate. Notice none of them mentioned anything about judicial appointments. To those who believe that the Democrats' can do no wrong, chew on this for a while.