Senate has way more power than House — civil rights was filibustered into oblivion for decades.
It’s so insanely designed it would be literally illegal for a US state to copy it.
vox.com/policy-and-pol…
Here’s James Madison saying it was actually about preserving slavery. (From @CoreyRobin)
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