Should The Senate Be Abolished?
Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2018 10:36 pm
CPG Grey made a remark in one of his Q&As about how, if he had the power to make three amendments to the Constitution, he said that he would abolish the Senate's equal representation of 2 senators per state and make it proportional representation, like the House.
While this does sound like an interesting concept, I wonder if it would work as well in practice. Would the representation be equal to that of the House? Or, should we just get rid of the Senate entirely so all Congressional powers will be among one house (that might not work; it's good to have separate branches so they can check and balance each other)?
I mean, I know the original point of the two houses was to make everyone happy by having one house with proportional representation, and one with equal representation. Maybe we should increase the amount of Senators allotted to each state (even though I like the nice round 100).
Thoughts?
While this does sound like an interesting concept, I wonder if it would work as well in practice. Would the representation be equal to that of the House? Or, should we just get rid of the Senate entirely so all Congressional powers will be among one house (that might not work; it's good to have separate branches so they can check and balance each other)?
I mean, I know the original point of the two houses was to make everyone happy by having one house with proportional representation, and one with equal representation. Maybe we should increase the amount of Senators allotted to each state (even though I like the nice round 100).
Thoughts?