The End of Our Bicameral Legislature

[Keith Broaders]

The End of Our Bicameral Legislature

Our founding fathers unrterstood that men in positions of power ought not trusted and that being ruled by the will of a majority was just as dangerous as being ruled by a single tyramt.

By creating a bicameral legislature our founders protected the small states from legislation that would benefit the large states at their expense.

The purpose of the senate was to prevent the majority in the House of Representatives from passing legislation that was harmful to the people in the small states. Without this important safeguard the rights of the minority can not be protected.

When the 17th Amendment was fraudulently ratified in 1913 the senate lost ability to check the abuse of power by the majority of representatives in the House of Representatives.

In 1913 our bicamerial legislature was replaced with a unicameral legislature with two houses representing a single constituency.