Some bicameral legislatures have chambers that meet in different buildings, at different parts of the city. Here, France's upper house called the Senate meet in the Luxembourg Palace , while the lower house, the National Assembly, meets at the Palais Bourbon . (en)
A formidable sinister interest may always obtain the complete command of a dominant assembly by some chance and for a moment, and it is therefore of great use to have a second chamber of an opposite sort, differently composed, in which that interest in all likelihood will not rule. (en)
