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Comment by bink

3 years ago

> hobbled by its designers

Minor quibble, but the filibuster is nowhere in the Constitution. And it was most recently modified in 1975.

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bradleyjg  3 years ago

The legislature was split in two because it was considered the most dangerous branch. Or at least that’s one of the explanations they gave when arguing for its ratification.

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