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…Thirty Thousand What?
A valid Question!
In response to a question I received from one of our members about Article I, Section 2, I wrote the following reply.
In a discussion about representation, he asked;
"...Is it [One Representative for every] 30,
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
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