In an article entitled "Sore Losers" perhaps published in the Western Journal, Michael Schwartz wrote:
"one marvels at the irony -- Senate Democrats' argument for abolishing the Electoral College also applies to the Senate.
'I’m excited to partner with my friends and colleagues Senator Schatz and Chair Durbin on this important constitutional amendment, which will help empower every voter in every state,' Welch said, per The Hill.
But the Senate itself does not reflect the will of 'every voter in every state' -- far from it.
In fact, the Electoral College, which awards electoral votes based on a state's population, comes exponentially closer to reflecting the will of 'every voter in every state' than the Senate ever has or ever will.
Indeed, two senators per state, regardless of population, hardly sounds like 'democracy.'
And that is the point: America's constitutional republic incorporates democratic principles, but it is not a democracy, and it must never become one, lest we endure the unbridled tyranny of electoral majorities.
Instead, America's constitutional system provides for a meaningful division of power between the national and state governments. The Electoral College, by empowering the people of all the states to conduct their own elections and award their electoral votes as they see fit in a manner consistent with the Constitution, helps prevent the tyrannical consolidation of states into a single, omnipotent national government.
Thus, Democrats must never succeed in their efforts to eliminate the Electoral College. Should they do so, they would create a strong argument for abolishing the Senate itself. At that point, the federal constitutional structure will have collapsed, and the Union, in all likelihood, would dissolve."
"one marvels at the irony -- Senate Democrats' argument for abolishing the Electoral College also applies to the Senate.
'I’m excited to partner with my friends and colleagues Senator Schatz and Chair Durbin on this important constitutional amendment, which will help empower every voter in every state,' Welch said, per The Hill.
But the Senate itself does not reflect the will of 'every voter in every state' -- far from it.
In fact, the Electoral College, which awards electoral votes based on a state's population, comes exponentially closer to reflecting the will of 'every voter in every state' than the Senate ever has or ever will.
Indeed, two senators per state, regardless of population, hardly sounds like 'democracy.'
And that is the point: America's constitutional republic incorporates democratic principles, but it is not a democracy, and it must never become one, lest we endure the unbridled tyranny of electoral majorities.
Instead, America's constitutional system provides for a meaningful division of power between the national and state governments. The Electoral College, by empowering the people of all the states to conduct their own elections and award their electoral votes as they see fit in a manner consistent with the Constitution, helps prevent the tyrannical consolidation of states into a single, omnipotent national government.
Thus, Democrats must never succeed in their efforts to eliminate the Electoral College. Should they do so, they would create a strong argument for abolishing the Senate itself. At that point, the federal constitutional structure will have collapsed, and the Union, in all likelihood, would dissolve."
