Filibuster Actually Lessens Senate's Power

The best argument against eliminating the filibuster is also proof positive that the filibuster is an extra-constitutional invention that weakens the experiment in self-government that our nation’s Founders intended.I’ll admit I was pushed off-kilter for a minute when one reader warned about D.C. statehood and the prospect of "two Marxist senators" as a counter to my last column on ending the filibuster.Sure enough, the admission of new states by a simple majority in Congress could result in a partisan advantage for Democrats should they opt to offer statehood to the District of Columbia,…