In the case of Reynolds v Sims, the Supreme Court revealed their collective stupidity when they rendered a decision that had disastrous consequences. Before this horrendous decision, the counties in each of the states were represented in their state
Read more…This has got to be the best explanation of where we are in terms of Representation in Congress and why we should be very alarmed at the resulting loss of the people's voice. Take a close look at the "Past Apportionments" graph.
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Our Federal Government was created by the states. The states created two legislative houses, one to represent the states and one to represent the people.
This great compromise prevented the large states from dominating the small states. This bicame
Read more…The Power of the Office
The Constitution calls for a way to limit the power of the office of Representative as a check against arbitrary power by government. It was created to limit the number of constituents of a given Representative to 30,000. It
Read more…The True Cost of a Congressional Seat
I get the same reaction, virtually every time I mention having over 10,900 Congressional seats.
Are you Crazy?
I don't purport to understand every single issue incumbent before Congress at any given moment or ses
Read more…The Truth About The Nation
The State of the Union Address is now incumbent upon Trump to deliver. I can't WAIT to see what he thinks of our current state of affairs. I don't think, however, that he will talk about anything on my list.
Give ME the mik
Read more…Congressional Record
What we should be asking is "what are they doing right?"! That's an easier question to answer, but as long as we're on the subject, let's list what we DON'T like.
Dateline Pennsylvania:
January 23rd, 2018
"Constitutional Emergency"
February 9th, 2018, is the deadline for the Pennsylvania Legislature to submit redistricting plans to ?(the Attorneys General)? or some body politic, for "them" to decide on what th
Read more…Thou Dost Protest Too Much!
"Me thinkst"
This has gone on long enough! It's time we called a spade a spade. I am tired of the same old story out of the "fake news", the "establishment" R's AND D's like Mitch Mac and Harry Reid, the tricks, the smoke
Read more…A Representative Form!
“If any man’s money can be taken by a so-called government, without his own personal consent, all his other rights are taken with it; for with his money the government can, and will, hire soldiers to stand over him, compel hi
Read more…Who Says?
Just in case you think we haven't really asked enough questions we offer the following:
One for every Thirty Thousand!
If there is something in the Constitution that is more impactful on how well our country works or doesn't work, it is how the numbers are chosen for Congressional Representation, described in Article I, Section 2, Claus
Read more…No Representation? No Taxation!
It's time to step up and recognize that these two concepts were always tied together and for good reasons. They should be and here's why. When any state would want to be counted for taxation, they would have a natural
Read more…Ok, yes,
Some of the Founders did want to clarify the message that there should be a certain number of Reps in the House. Thus the First Amendment proposal that it "be no more than" 1/50,000, etc. Not sure of the ramifications of the words "no more t
Read more…Same As It Ever Was...
- David Byrne - 1981
"The more things change, the more they stay the same."
- Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr (Les Guêpes, January 1849)
We haven't changed. Humans. In 2.5 Million years of development and evolution, we have remaine
Read more…What Would The Government Do?
(WWTGD)
The question arises; When a government seat is considered to be "empty" for whatever reason, how does our system of governance "fill" that empty seat?
I believe the Constitutions, state and federal, are there to
Read more…Natural Order
In order for a people to govern themselves they must understand and obey the natural laws of the universe. Liberty, justice and equality can only be achieved by obedience to the laws of nature and nature's God.
We must individually take
Read more…In Article 1, Section 2, Clause 3, of the Constitution mandates that BOTH taxation and representation shall be determined by the population of each of the states.
In other words, the amount of taxation to be assigned to a given state will be determin
Read more…When the government of the united States was first created with the ratification of the Constitution it was established that all legislative power was granted to the people through their Representatives in Congress. The House of Representatives was
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