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To: Amendment10
Suffrage is the right to vote, so the clause you cite is just that each state will have equal power and representation in the senate. That clause doesn't impose a simple majority rule. A simple majority rule isn't expressed because it is (or at least used to be) taken as an obvious feature of a deliberative body.

"Equal suffrage" applies and works properly in the constitutionally prescribed super-majority issues, ratification of treaties, for example. Therefore, equal suffrage isn't a "majority" rule.

51 posted on 08/24/2017 4:52:09 AM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Cboldt; All
"Suffrage is the right to vote, so the clause you cite is just that each state will have equal power and representation in the senate."

Thank you for your opinion Cboldt, but I’m still not convinced. I will have to do some scratching.

52 posted on 08/24/2017 8:13:24 AM PDT by Amendment10
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