"The Excess of Democracy": Rebroadcast
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The Constitution and Debtors and Creditors
James Madison argued for proportional representation in the senate. If he'd got his way, it could have meant that today, california would have 60 some Senators to one for wyoming. The constitution gave the states equal representation, two senators per state. That was a key compromise demanded by the small states who likely would have bolted the convention if the big states hadn't buckled.
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