Open AccessStatus Quo Unacceptable; Senate Reform Possible; Abolition by Stealth Anti-Democratic
Author(s) -
Linda Trimble
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
constitutional forum
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1927-4165
pISSN - 0847-3889
DOI - 10.21991/c98d6v
Subject(s) - status quo , democracy , supreme court , assertion , political science , government (linguistics) , deliberative democracy , conversation , public administration , law and economics , law , sociology , politics , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , communication , programming language
I will begin by challenging the federal government’s assertion that the Supreme Court decisioneffectively makes meaningful Senate reform impossible. Then, I will discuss the move towardsabolition and explain why I think it’s both reckless and anti-democratic. Finally, I’ll conclude bymaking a pitch for a truly deliberative process — a national conversation on the future of the Senate in the form of a citizen’s assembly.