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Many questions surrounding fateful issues in the US remain unanswered. Some, such as whether the US Supreme Court will overturn Roe vs Wade – the ruling that protects a woman’s right to have an abortion on the grounds that the foetus is part of her body – are of little concern to us here in the Arab world. Other issues concern us to some extent in that they affect how the US government works. An example is the question of a possible ban on the filibuster because of how this practice affects the legislative process. Originally conceived as a means to protect the parliamentary minority’s right to speech, the filibuster involves speaking at great length in order prevent the passage of a particular law.

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