Eighteen percent of the American population—on average, whiter and older than the rest of the population—can elect a majority of the Senate. The problem of minority rule, in other words, isn’t Trumpian or temporary; bipartisan and enduring, it is a keystone of the constitutional order. And arguably, given the constitutional provision that “no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate,” this rule by a minority cannot be eliminated or overcome, at least not without a huge social upheaval.
Source : The Tyranny of the Minority, from Iowa Caucus to Electoral College
