A Senate with equal representation of each state was a compromise that was required in order to convince the delegates from the smaller states to approve the Constitution at the Convention. Some of those states were slave states, and would have considered this equal representation as important for protecting their interest in slavery. However, there were small free states who considered equal representation important and desirable for protecting other interests.

Conversely, the large slave state Virgina emphatically did not want a Senate with equal representation. The original proposal for a bicameral legislature originated with the Virginia delegates and was based on proportional representation in both houses. Only the compromise plan of equal representation in the Senate and proportional representation in the House was able to gain the support of a sufficient number of delegations to be included in the final version presented for ratification.

Thanks.

Challenge corporate personhood and all the changes will come as a natural result.

Yep, they very well may.

The market for these securities is enormous. Since 2000, it has ballooned from $900 billion to more than $45.5 trillion — roughly twice the size of the entire United States stock market.

[RBG Note; that story is in the front page News Box. Let’s take any conversation there or to the previous thread. Thanks.]