Between 1981 and 1991 the Commerce Department had seven assistant secretaries for trade development, the Justice Department seven deputy attorneys general. In 15 years the Federal Aviation Administration had seven appointed and four acting administrators. In 14 years the Federal Housing Administration had thirteen commissioners. And the General Services Administration had eighteen administrators in 24 years. Today's appointment process undermines the central democratic principle of majority rule.
Every state gets two votes, regardless of size.
In 1787 the largest state had 19 times the population of the smallest. Today, half the Senate is elected by 15 percent of the American people. And the problem is only getting worse. Almost all the population growth in the United States in the foreseeable future will be concentrated in a few populous states. By the middle of the next century, as few as 5 percent of the population may well have majority power in the Senate.