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Why State Equality in the Senate?

Why State Equality in the Senate?
Equal representation in the Senate helps keep the union together. Paul Buck/AFP via Getty Images
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Critics have attacked the Constitution’s allocation of two senators for each state, irrespective of the size of each state’s population. This column explains why each state has equal representation in the Senate.

The critics fall roughly into two categories: extreme and moderate. Among the more extreme ones is the author of a 2018 GQ article. He argues that we should abolish the Senate entirely and reduce Congress to a single chamber.

Rob Natelson
Rob Natelson
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Robert G. Natelson, a former constitutional law professor who is senior fellow in constitutional jurisprudence at the Independence Institute in Denver, authored “The Original Constitution: What It Actually Said and Meant” (3rd ed., 2015). He is a contributor to The Heritage Foundation’s “Heritage Guide to the Constitution.”
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