Would Smaller Congressional Districts improve make it easier to hold your Congressman accountable/
Would having more Congressional Representatives increase the voice of the people?
Would you like your Congressional Representative to spend 365 days t
Read more…Do you think that the House of Representatives listens and cares what the people think and believe?
Do you think that 435 millionaires can adequately represent hundreds of thousands of debt slaves in their Congressional Districts?
Do you think that
Read more… In 1790 the total population of the United States was 3.9 million and there were 59 members in the House of Representatives. There was one Representative for every 66,000 people.
Today a population of 330 million and have 435 members of the House
The Constitution provides for proportional representation in the U.S. House of Representatives and the seats in the House are apportioned based on state population according to the constitutionally mandated Census. Representation based on populatio
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The men at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 voted unanimously on an amendment to be proposed to the states that would require that each representative in the House of Representatives would represent no more than 50,000 people. They believed th
#1 - Introduction to Apportionment.US
#2 - Summary of the Apportionment Lawsuit (Part 1)
#3 - Summary of the Apportionment Lawsuit (Part 2)
#4 - Constitutional Representation
#5 - Constitutional Equality
#6 - How Unequal is the U.S. House?
#7 - Th
This COURT decision is probably one of the worst decisions ever made by a judge or court in this country. It takes the limits and structure of the constitution and turns it completely on it's head. We in America today don't have time for this silline
Read more…There are 9 Members in Congress who represent the people of Arizona. The average Congressional District represents slightly over 700,000 people. If the House of Representatives were to be apportioned the way the founding fathers suggested in the ori
Read more…Can you imagine what would happen if all 435 members of the House of Representatives were removed from office and replaced with independant, non-partisan Representatives? What if the Representatives were chosen based on their knowledge of the Constit
When the Constitution was ratified by the people of the states we had one house to represent the people and one house to represent the states. Members of the House of Representatives were chosen by a direct election while the members of the Senate we
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In Reynolds v. Sims, the Court held that state legislative districts must be equal in population. Prior to the decision, urbanization had caused many rural districts to be over-represented in several states.
In Reynolds v. Sims (1964), the Supreme C
Read more…Of the principle applies to representation of counties in their state legislatures why does it not apply to the states in the Senate of the United States? In Congress the people are represented in the House of Representatives are the states are repre
Read more…Most of the decisions that are made on Capitol Hill are based on politics rather than the sound principles upon which our nation was founded. Sadly, those who occupy Washington are more concerned about being re-elected than they are in honoring their
The Members of the House of Representatives consider themselves number one and consider their constituents to be number two.
The only way we can restore our Constitutional Republic is to give Congress a good old fashion enema. By voting out the al
Before contacting your member of Congress you may wi
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1800 - 5,308,483 141* 1 for every 37,649 people
1810 - 7,239,881 182* 1 for every 39,780 people
1820 - 9,638,453 187 1 for every 51,532 people
1830 - 12,86
