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now, here as well madison makes the argument that the point of the senate is to moderate the “passions” of the lower house. but this isn’t accomplished by supermajority requirement (something rejected again and again at the convention) but by the structure of the senate itself — PolitiTweet.org

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the other thing to note is that when madison speaks of a “minority” he does not mean a partisan minority, since such a thing did not really exist yet. he meant specific vested (economic) interests, whether commercial or agricultural — PolitiTweet.org