Wyoming gets 2 Senators

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7. Beyond Ideology Frances E. Lee tends to discuss both the pros and the cons of having a bicameral leg

Beyond Ideology Frances E. Lee tends to discuss both the pros and the cons of having a bicameral legislature (one based on equality of representation, and the other is purely democratic) allowing the tyranny of the majority as well as the tyranny of the minority from ever being fully realized.

In the second half, there's a wonderful monologue written by Justice Marshall on the senate's inherent necessity in a nation divided by miles, by gender, by race, by money and by privilege.

I get it that it doesn't fit on a t-shirt, but the complex rarely does. One can state "I know why is was created! Stop patronizing me!" to full and dramatic effect, but until and unless one searches for answers with sincerity and objectivity rather than simply the answers we believe should be the case, we're doing ourselves zero favors.


There is a story that Jefferson was out of the country in France during the Great Compromise that created the Senate. Upon his return during a breakfast he had with Washington, he called on Washington to account for the unnecessary legislative chamber. Washington noticed that Jefferson poured his coffee into his saucer and asked him, Sir, why did you do that? Jefferson replied, To, cool my coffee. My throat is not made of brass. To which Washington responded, Even so, we pour our legislation into the senatorial saucer to cool it.