# Socialists vs. the Senate

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/socialists-vs-the-senate/
- Published: 2026-07-21T15:57:29+00:00
- Updated: 2026-07-29T04:12:57+00:00
- Original publisher: National Review (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.nationalreview.com/2026/07/socialists-vs-the-senate/
- Topics: Government, Politics

## Key points

- DSA proposals would radically reshape US governing institutions.
- Lowry defends the Senate’s constitutional role.
- The article frames the plans as revolutionary.

## Summary

National Review editor Rich Lowry argues that the Democratic Socialists of America’s new programme represents a fundamental challenge to the US constitutional system. The programme calls for abolishing the Senate and replacing the presidency and Supreme Court with institutions subordinate to Congress, proposals Lowry characterises as revolutionary rather than conventional reform.

Lowry focuses particularly on the proposed abolition of the Senate, responding to DSA criticism that it is undemocratic. He notes that senators have been directly elected since the Seventeenth Amendment was ratified in 1913, while arguing that six-year, staggered terms help the chamber act as a check on short-term public opinion. The article contrasts these proposals with narrower institutional reforms such as ending the filibuster or expanding the Supreme Court.

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