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In any case my view is that the 17th Amendment fundamentally changed the nature of the Senate, making each senator a representative of a portion of the public rather than a kind of ambassador for their respective state. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 3, 2022

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This notably frustrated Madison and the other nationalists to no end, and you’ll note that he doesn’t even attempt to defend it in Federalist no. 62. He calls equal state representation the “lesser evil.” https://t.co/5d5TgvAldO — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 3, 2022

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In which case, the Senate ought to be proportional to population. Equal state representation is a vestige of a constitutional order that no longer exists. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted July 3, 2022