Filibuster and the Founding Fathers

The next time someone says that the filibuster was a result of the wisdom of the founding fathers to protect minority rights, keep this in mind:

"The right to extended debate was not created until 1806, when the Senate cleaned up its rulebook and dispensed-probably by mistake-with the rule that allowed a majority to limit the debate. Filibusters did not begin in earnest until the newly formed Democratic and Whig parties formed several decades later."

Courtesy of FactCheck.org