Why check each other? Maybe two Presidents too, so they can also check each other.
No the Senate is not representative of the people. We have one million in one state with the same representation as 40 million in another. Nebraska is unicameral and they are doing fine and cheaper.
The Check and Balances is between the Judiciary the Executive and the Legislative....a unicameral system, such as Nebraska has, preserves that.
“No the Senate is not representative of the people.”
Not was it ever intended to be, the 17th Amendment notwithstanding.
“Why check each other? Maybe two Presidents too, so they can also check each other.”
Because it’s very dangerous to have all the legislative power vested in a single body, especially at such a high and far away level as the Federal Government. Legislative power in a single assembly can work well at a very local level, such as a town council, etc. Nebraska has made it work somehow but that is rare.
Historically, the safest method of make law is to divide the legislature into three parts, the one, the few and the many. This has been done through the ages. The government of England had King, Lords and Commons, we did it through a president, a senate and a house of representatives, the one, the few, and the many. Any one of these three can check either or both of the other two.
Then there is an additional check by separating the Executive from the Legislative and the Judicial from both.
“No the Senate is not representative of the people. We have one million in one state with the same representation as 40 million in another.”
The senate was never intended to represent the people. It was intended to represent the states, that is why each state is equally represented. The idea was that ALL legislation, all laws would have be approved by both the people and the states, and then also approved by an individual selected by both (the people through the states- the Electoral College).
John Adams wrote extensively about this. If you message me your address, I can send you a copy of my book, which boils these ideas down. Or you can read Adams’ “Thoughts on Government” which is also included in my book.