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|Lie=Ornstein Filibuster Lie 2
|Topic=Myths are Lies
|Accusation=The framers feared 'the tyranny of the majority.'
Filibuster proponents often argue that the Constitution’s framers intended to
obstruct decisions by simple majorities. In defense of the filibuster, Lewis & Clark Law School professor
James Huffman wrote in the Hill that James Madison “would likely think it a brilliant innovation for
preventing majority tyranny.” Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell (Ky.) wrote in the New York
Times in 2019 that the filibuster is “central to the order the Constitution sets forth,” citing Madison’s view
that the Senate ought to function as an “additional impediment” and a “complicated check” on the House.

Ornstein says this is a lie. McConnell is lying.
But other than the explicit constitutional requirements for supermajorities,
such as to approve treaties, the framers were foursquare for majority votes.
Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 22 that allowing minorities to overrule
the majority would cause “tedious delays; continual negotiation and intrigue; contemptible
compromises of the public good.” Congressional Research Service scholar Walter J. Oleszek has noted:
“Overall, the Framers generally favored decision-making by simple majority vote.
This view is buttressed by the grant of a vote to the Vice President (Article I, section 3) in
those cases where the Senators are ‘equally divided.’”
This provision makes clear that the Constitution’s drafters expected
that most decisions would be made by majority vote.
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