08-24-2023, 07:18 PM
(08-24-2023, 07:09 PM)Dill Wrote: I do see the Senate as a place where a party representing fewer voters or the will of fewer voters can hijack the will of the majority, sure.
Yes, as I quoted.
Quote:The filibuster enables super-minority control, and that control has been used to block the will of the majority.
That was not the "intent of the Framers" though it was the intent of those who instituted the filibuster. (We've gone over this before.)
This is the first time you're mentioning the filibuster in this thread. I'll reiterate that the Dems had zero issue with the filibuster during Trump's first two years in office. Odd that.
Quote:And in both Houses a minority party representing minority views can gain majority control--legally/constitutionally in the Senate and
illegally in the house, via gerrymandering. Same at the state level.
Incorrect. You have to have a majority to enact legislation to gerrymander.. This has been stated by me several times and you've yet to refute it.
Quote:None of this makes the U.S. Senate "predicated" on minority control, as I have defined it.
Except it does, using your own words.
