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In reply to the discussion: California has 39 million people and two senators. Wyoming has a few dozen people and two senators. [View all]Lucky Luciano
(11,264 posts)13. If a majority said blacks and Jews should be gassed, that would...
be tyranny of the majority.
An extreme example, but a majority approving of something can obviously be unjust.
That said, yes, the republicans are abusing the shot out of the idea of preventing a tyranny of the majority.
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California has 39 million people and two senators. Wyoming has a few dozen people and two senators. [View all]
Cyrano
Dec 2022
OP
The House of Representatives is where you find politicians representing the people.
jimfields33
Dec 2022
#1
The same way Country's are represented in international organizations like the UN
Zeitghost
Dec 2022
#59
it would be closer to "perfect" if they lifted the cap on the number of house members.
Orangepeel
Dec 2022
#52
Each state is treated equal in the senate whether you have one person or a billion.
jimfields33
Dec 2022
#90
But that doesn't HAVE to be the case just because it might be at the moment. In our own ...
Whiskeytide
Dec 2022
#37
I take it you have not studied the philosophy of liberalism and the founding principles of
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#14
You should do your own homework, however I'd suggest reading Federalist 10 (and if you
Just A Box Of Rain
Dec 2022
#28
The Supreme Court found slavery to be perfectly constitutional, and that ...
Whiskeytide
Dec 2022
#50
The United States is not a democracy, it is a Constitutional Democratic Republic.
Dysfunctional
Dec 2022
#72
Right, so having a house of Congress based on state representation hurt the slave states.
Cuthbert Allgood
Dec 2022
#77
That's an interesting theory. It has no basis in the actual deliberation of the country founding,
Cuthbert Allgood
Dec 2022
#69
The Senate was that way to put a balance between state and national governments.
Cuthbert Allgood
Dec 2022
#76
Luckily (for now), both Dems and Reps have their own share of small states.
BlueCheeseAgain
Dec 2022
#10
In terms of Senators & the 20 smallest States, the Rethugs have 23 out of 40 possible, we have 17
Celerity
Dec 2022
#26