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- Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:41 am
- Forum: Additional Discussions Related to Representational Enlargement
- Topic: A dialogue with ChatGPT regarding one person, one vote, and more…
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A dialogue with ChatGPT regarding one person, one vote, and more…
Several dialogues have transpired with ChatGPT relative to representational enlargement. Below is an unedited excerpt of one such exchange. It begins by focusing on how the House of Representatives is in violation of the Constitution’s one-person-one-vote equality principle as a consequence of there...
- Mon Apr 10, 2023 11:05 am
- Forum: Repealing the 17th Amendment: Pros and Cons
- Topic: NR: How the 17th Amendment Ruined Federalism
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- Views: 15411
NR: How the 17th Amendment Ruined Federalism
National Review article: How the 17th Amendment Ruined Federalism . Here are some excerpts… The Senate was meant to protect states as distinct governments with independent powers. State legislatures are part of those governments. Thus, in pursuing their self-interest, they will tend to seek to prote...
- Fri Apr 07, 2023 4:49 pm
- Forum: Take it outside!
- Topic: Historical US Eligible Voter data project
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- Views: 16069
Historical US Eligible Voter data project
This posting will be updated as new information becomes available. Updated May 10, 2023 See description below. Inquires can be directed to Jeff at: Quidam at Thirty-Thousand.org Thirty-Thousand.org , a small nonprofit & nonpartisan organization, is looking for researchers or scholars who are de...
- Tue Mar 21, 2023 1:57 pm
- Forum: Section 5: Eliminate gerrymandering to achieve true representation
- Topic: Brookings: The gerrymander myth
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- Views: 18112
Brookings: The gerrymander myth
Relative to gerrymandering, it turns out that, as of now “ neither party enjoys a significant aggregate advantage in either districting or geographical efficiency of voter distribution ”. This refers to the net effect in the House of Representatives. That is, one party's advantages in some states ar...
- Thu Mar 09, 2023 11:07 am
- Forum: Section 9: The House of Representatives is Scalable
- Topic: WashPo editorial: The House was supposed to grow with population.
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- Views: 15924
WashPo editorial: The House was supposed to grow with population.
In an excellent Washington Post editorial by Danielle Allen, she addresses the question of whether a bigger House would make it “harder to get things done”. With regards to that, she notes that “ the most important point is that the principle of inclusion requires us to learn how to operate on a lar...
- Wed Dec 14, 2022 10:14 am
- Forum: Public Opinion and Polls
- Topic: Americans' dissatisfaction with the government #1 problem in 2022
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- Views: 24788
Americans' dissatisfaction with the government #1 problem in 2022
According to this Gallup Poll , once again Americans identify our government as the nation’s #1 problem in 2022. All the other problems they identify are either created by, or aggravated by, our government. (December 2022 poll.) We need to greatly enlarge our House of Representatives in order for th...
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 12:03 pm
- Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away form the Special Interest groups
- Topic: OpenSecrets: 2022 federal midterm election spending approximately $9 billion
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- Views: 22053
OpenSecrets: 2022 federal midterm election spending approximately $9 billion
According to a recent update from OpoenSecrets.org, 2022 federal midterm election spending on track to top $9.3 billion!
- Tue Oct 04, 2022 10:51 am
- Forum: Section 7: Establish citizen equality nationwide
- Topic: Newsweek: The Outrageous, Republic-Distorting Census Error
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- Views: 18003
Newsweek: The Outrageous, Republic-Distorting Census Error
In a recent Newsweek editorial, Ben Weingarten (Claremont Institute Fellow) discusses The Outrageous, Republic-Distorting Census Error You've Heard Nothing About . For a deeper analysis of this same subject, and how it relates to having a grossly undersized House of Representatives, see our Analysis...
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:37 pm
- Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away form the Special Interest groups
- Topic: 72 members of Congress have failed to report their financial trades
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18050
72 members of Congress have failed to report their financial trades
Business Insider: 72 members of Congress have violated a law designed to prevent insider trading and stop conflicts-of-interest . “Insider and several other news organizations have identified 72 members of Congress who've recently failed to properly report their financial trades as mandated by the S...
- Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:33 pm
- Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away form the Special Interest groups
- Topic: NY Times: Thousands of stock trades posed potential conflicts
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- Views: 17753
NY Times: Thousands of stock trades posed potential conflicts
Stock Trades Reported by Nearly a Fifth of Congress Show Possible Conflicts According to the New York Times’ analysis of stock trades from 2019 to 2021, “more than 3,700 trades reported by lawmakers from both parties posed potential conflicts between their public responsibilities and private financ...
- Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:46 pm
- Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away form the Special Interest groups
- Topic: Representative’s net worth quintuples+ in two years
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- Views: 19685
Representative’s net worth quintuples+ in two years
It's very lucrative to be a member of America’s political ruling class: “Rep. Liz Cheney’s (R-WY) net worth ballooned from an estimated $7 million when she first took office in 2017 to possibly more than $44 million in 2020, according to analysis from the Center for Responsive Politics and her most ...
- Sun Aug 14, 2022 10:56 am
- Forum: Section 9: The House of Representatives is Scalable
- Topic: One-third of the House votes by proxy on major legislation
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- Views: 17954
One-third of the House votes by proxy on major legislation
Over a third of the 435 Representatives voted by proxy on August 12, 2022, for House Resolution 8. Absurdly named the “Inflation Reduction Act”, this bill authorizes spending several hundred billion dollars on various government programs. That spending includes billions of additional dollars for the...
- Sun Jul 17, 2022 10:47 am
- Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away form the Special Interest groups
- Topic: A very wealthy Speaker of the House
- Replies: 0
- Views: 20029
A very wealthy Speaker of the House
Washington Times: Pelosi’s husband buys $5 million in chip stocks before Senate vote on chip subsidy bill . "Mr. Pelosi purchased roughly $5 million, or 20,000 shares of Nvidia, last month ... The purchase comes on the heels of a vote next week ... that would shore up the U.S. computer chip man...
- Mon Jun 13, 2022 9:57 am
- Forum: Section 6: Enable political diversity in the House
- Topic: What about packing the House of Representatives?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 21685
What about packing the House of Representatives?
In his article about our massively oversized congressional districts, Professor Swofford sums it up quite well: “ members of Congress tend to be more like other members of Congress rather than more like their constituents ”. That’s the problem: The Representatives rarely resemble their constituents!...
- Thu Jun 02, 2022 6:28 pm
- Forum: Section 7: Establish citizen equality nationwide
- Topic: What deviation of Citizen Political Weight is acceptable?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 4602
Re: What deviation of Citizen Political Weight is acceptable?
My view is that in the absence of Article the first , Congress would be constitutionally compelled to select the House size that results in congressional district sizes with the least amount of variation in their sizes. This is explained here: Achieving One-Person-One-Vote equality in the federal Ho...
- Fri May 06, 2022 8:38 am
- Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away form the Special Interest groups
- Topic: Lobbyists raise over $1 billion in the first quarter of 2022
- Replies: 0
- Views: 19424
- Wed Mar 16, 2022 3:22 pm
- Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
- Topic: Read about "Article the first"
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- Views: 20929
- Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:58 pm
- Forum: Section 7: Establish citizen equality nationwide
- Topic: Paper: One Person, One Vote, 435 Seats
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15891
Paper: One Person, One Vote, 435 Seats
I just stumbled across this paper from 2011: One Person, One Vote, 435 Seats: Interstate Malapportionment and Constitutional Requirements Is Our Constitutional Order Broken - Structural and Doctrinal Questions in Constitutional Law: Gerrymandering, Congressional Representation, and Trust in the Poli...
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:50 pm
- Forum: Repealing the 17th Amendment: Pros and Cons
- Topic: Article: Ben Sasse Calls for Repealing the 17th
- Replies: 0
- Views: 17567
Article: Ben Sasse Calls for Repealing the 17th
National Review: Ben Sasse Calls for Repealing 17th Amendment, Eliminating Popular-Vote Senate Elections (September 2020)
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:42 pm
- Forum: Section 9: The House of Representatives is Scalable
- Topic: Article: Proxy voting turns one
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- Views: 15793
Article: Proxy voting turns one
Brookings.edu : Proxy voting turns one: The past, present and future of remote voting in the House (May 2021) "Alongside these uses of proxy voting as a workplace accommodation are several examples where members of both parties cast votes by proxy but were reported to be engaging in other acti...
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:29 pm
- Forum: Section 8: Restore liberty and federal fiscal responsibility
- Topic: Article: U.S. National Debt Surpasses $30 Trillion: What This Means For You
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- Views: 19222
Article: U.S. National Debt Surpasses $30 Trillion: What This Means For You
Forbes.com: U.S. National Debt Surpasses $30 Trillion: What This Means For You (Feb 2022)
"But as unfathomable as this number is, the national debt can impact ordinary Americans’ lives."
"But as unfathomable as this number is, the national debt can impact ordinary Americans’ lives."
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:17 pm
- Forum: Section 6: Enable political diversity in the House
- Topic: Article: Racial and gender diversity in the 117th Congress
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- Views: 15411
Article: Racial and gender diversity in the 117th Congress
OpenSecrets.org: Racial and gender diversity in the 117th Congress (June 2020)
The reason for insufficient diversity: "the sky-high reelection rate of members of Congress".
The reason for insufficient diversity: "the sky-high reelection rate of members of Congress".
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:10 pm
- Forum: Section 6: Enable political diversity in the House
- Topic: Article: How Diverse is U.S. Congress?
- Replies: 0
- Views: 15508
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:04 pm
- Forum: Section 5: Eliminate gerrymandering to achieve true representation
- Topic: Article: Republicans Discover the Horror of Gerrymandering
- Replies: 0
- Views: 20108
Article: Republicans Discover the Horror of Gerrymandering
The Atlantic: Republicans Discover the Horror of Gerrymandering (February 2022)
"The GOP learns what it’s like to be on the losing side of a redistricting power grab."
"The GOP learns what it’s like to be on the losing side of a redistricting power grab."
- Mon Mar 14, 2022 10:00 pm
- Forum: Section 5: Eliminate gerrymandering to achieve true representation
- Topic: Article: How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Voting Rights
- Replies: 0
- Views: 18388
Article: How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Voting Rights
AmericanProgress.org : How Partisan Gerrymandering Limits Voting Rights (July 2020) "Districts should be drawn so that people who have been underrepresented throughout American history — such as African American, Latinx, and other communities of color — are fully represented in Congress and st...