In Congress, the sheer number of representatives, combined with bicameralism, would promote deliberation, which would occur among people who were very different from one another. The framers viewed the system of bicameralism as a way of ensuring increased “deliberation and circumspection,” in large part because it enlists diversity both as a safeguard and as a way of enlarging the sheer range of arguments. The bicameral system, along with the concern for deliberation and circumspection, played a key role in debates over impeachment.
Diversity promotes the deliberative process
