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b'A central architect of the Constitution, James Madison was deeply sensitive to the threat majorities posed to minorities. On important social questions, \\u201c[N]o other rule exists \\u2026 but the will of the majority,\\u201d he wrote in 1785 while a member of the Virginia House of Delegates, \\u201cbut it is also true that the majority may trespass on the rights of the minority.'