Question

Would Thomas Jefferson agree with the concept of a concurrent majority?

Answer 1

Answer:

proposed solution was the concurrent majority , essentially a constitutional method of enabling minorities to block the actions of majorities that might threaten the rights of the minority, making them, in essence, veto groups.

Explanation:

Answer 2

No, Thomas Jefferson  would not agree with the concept of a concurrent majority

Explanation:

• Senator John Calhoun of South Carolina was the foremost advocate of the "concurrent majority" principle in the mid-19th century, the most ardent champion of the interests of states in the United States, maintaining that there was a majority rule in Congress as well as in the government of the states. The concurrent doctrine of a majority was a mechanism to restrict the influence of the federal government and to obstruct the centralization of authority in a democratic republic, especially in sectional conflicts relating to slavery. The majority rule was viewed by Calhoun as a form of dictatorship.
• A concurrent majority is a fundamental concept in the history of the United States that allows minorities to obstruct majority acts. The concurrent majority was meant to avoid tyranny of the majority which supporters believed would arise through unregulated democracy by giving some veto rights to to each of the conflicting interests in society
• Throughout his life, Calhoun, a supporter of of slavery, became interested in the federal legislation that might be detrimental to action, which he argued was a positive institution. Since, the North was bigger and had a much greater population than the South, Calhoun wanted the South to use the concept of a concurrent majority vote to defend slavery from the north's majorities.
• However Thomas Jefferson was a majoritarian and  believed that the will of the majority must always prevail. Referring as "sacred precept to the majority rule," Jefferson told his audience that, "while in any case the will of the majority is to prevail, this will must be fair, that the minority has equal rights which must be secured and that it is injustice  to disregard equal rights.
• The features of Jefferson's Constitutionalism were: the preserving the fundamental rights; the primacy of the judicial branch in a democracy with distinct powers; within a federal union, the integrity of the sovereign nations with shared  and separated powers; congress' absolute obedience to the powers it is granted in the written Constitution; religious freedom as protected by a system under which the Church and the State have remained separate; and recognition that constitutional reform is required periodically.