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The USA is the United States of America, not the United Persons of America. Dual sovereignty is a fundamental part of the American experiment. Though I would h
by pnw_hazor 7y ago
The USA is the United States of America, not the United Persons of America.
Dual sovereignty is a fundamental part of the American experiment. Though I would have no issue with going back to the old way to pick Senators.
- cyphar 7y agoIt's interesting to imply that the US Government should (or does) exist to serve the states instead of the people. The first three words in the US Constitution are "We The People". For the record, I don't disagree with the existence of an upper house (in Australia we somewhat copied the US Senate design, though territories get fewer representatives than states). But its practical purpose is to facilitate less partisan discussion of legislation (and in Australia we only get that benefit because we have a preferential voting system). And it should be noted that many countries have abolished their upper house and become unicameral, and have continued to function just as well as before[1]. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicameralism https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicameralism