It is unquestionably a palpable negation of majority rule, for as no measure can become a law without the concurrence of the Senate--now numbering ninety-six Senators--a combination of the little States, whoso aggregate population is not a fifth of the American people, can defeat the will of the remaining four-fifths.
Beck critiques the Senate's structure as a violation of majority rule, allowing smaller states to overpower larger ones.
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