Some Framers argued that including a bicameral legislature in the Constitution would __________
a. be an invitation to tyranny over the other two branches
b. enable double oversight of the other two branches
c. prevent Congress from dominating the other two branches
d. provide both a liberal and a conservative chamber
Answer: c
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