Interesting how our slave-rapin' Founders had such a fear of majority rule that they felt the need to build in so many safeguards against it.
Only 2 of those were present at the Constitution. The filibuster was not adopted in the Senate until 1806 and not used until 1837. The current filibuster rules were adopted in like the 1980s ar 1990s. The 435 member House was adopted in 1929
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Interesting how our slave-rapin' Founders had such a fear of majority rule that they felt the need to build in so many safeguards against it.
Only 2 of those were present at the Constitution. The filibuster was not adopted in the Senate until 1806 and not used until 1837. The current filibuster rules were adopted in like the 1980s ar 1990s. The 435 member House was adopted in 1929