{"id":11268,"date":"2018-10-07T15:23:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-07T21:23:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/?p=11268"},"modified":"2018-10-07T15:23:19","modified_gmt":"2018-10-07T21:23:19","slug":"no-you-cant-change-the-2-senators-per-state-constitutional-provision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2018\/10\/no-you-cant-change-the-2-senators-per-state-constitutional-provision.html","title":{"rendered":"No, you can’t change the 2-Senators-per-state Constitutional provision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Here\u2019s an, er, interesting<\/em> outcome of yesterday\u2019s Kavanaugh confirmation vote:\u00a0 liberals are, at least on Twitter, (again) suggesting that the Senate is \u201cbroken\u201d because small states have the same representation as large states.<\/p>\n
*Here\u2019s Matt Yglesias,<\/p>\n*
*https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattyglesias\/status\/1049032896177164288<\/a><\/p>\n*
*and after pushback, a follower of his replied,<\/p>\n*
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ah true, you'd have to keep a ceremonial body called the Senate if you read that to mean they can't abolish the Senate<\/p>\n
\u2014 \u5de5an Monroe (@eean) October 7, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n