The Democratic Constitution Podcast

Audio Article: The Senate Is Begging to Be Abolished

August 17, 2026·10 min
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The hubbub surrounding McConnell, Platner, and Graham stems from the undemocratic Senate, argues Steven Raney.In a democratic political system, McConnell and Graham would be historical footnotes, and their life’s work would be nothing. But thanks to the radically anti-egalitarian Senate, a President who lost the popular vote (who they helped shield from meaningful consequences for trying to remain in power by force), and an unelected and unaccountable Supreme Court they helped shape, McConnell and Graham enjoyed more than a decade of free rein to remake the world according to their designs. Hundreds of millions of people across the globe live tangibly worse lives as a result."

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