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by HankW501
Fri Feb 21, 2014 9:10 am
Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
Topic: If Art. the 1st Were Ratified in 1791: All 23 Apportionments
Replies: 1
Views: 5243

If Art. the 1st Were Ratified in 1791: All 23 Apportionments

The chart below shows how many House seats each state would have gotten in each decennial apportionment if Article the First were ratified with the Bill of Rights. The method I used for distributing the seats is identical to the method used by the federal government since passage of the Reapportionm...
by HankW501
Sat Feb 01, 2014 8:46 pm
Forum: Take it outside!
Topic: Sharing At answers.com
Replies: 0
Views: 6590

Sharing At answers.com

In response to seeing 440 as the answer to a question at answers.com regarding the total number of Representatives in Congress, I posted the reply below. I had intended simply to clarify the distinction between voting and non-voting membership, but I guess I got a little carried away. I share this n...
by HankW501
Tue Jan 28, 2014 3:45 am
Forum: Take it outside!
Topic: What If the 1921 Apportionment Were Done
Replies: 0
Views: 6235

What If the 1921 Apportionment Were Done

The decennial apportionment of House seats was not done after the 1920 census, despite its being a constitutional requirement. Out of curiosity I calculated how it would have turned out if 435 seats were apportioned based on the 1920 census. In other words, what parts of the 1933 changes would have ...
by HankW501
Fri Oct 18, 2013 10:28 pm
Forum: Take it outside!
Topic: First 1,000,000+ Congressional District
Replies: 0
Views: 6510

First 1,000,000+ Congressional District

The U.S. Census Bureau has estimated the population of Montana to have been 997,667 in July 2011 and 1,005,141 in July 2012. That means that as of some point between July 2011 and July 2012, the United States has for the first time an individual congressional district with a population of over a mil...
by HankW501
Wed Oct 16, 2013 12:16 pm
Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
Topic: Replacement for Article the First
Replies: 0
Views: 6398

Replacement for Article the First

I was surprised to discover recently that I was one of the many who were under the impression that the proposed Article the First was identical to the original House version (imagine my flabbergastation when I learned the truth). I propose that Article the First be recalled and that the following be...
by HankW501
Wed Oct 16, 2013 11:04 am
Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
Topic: Continuing the Pattern in Article the First
Replies: 3
Views: 7446

Re: Continuing the Pattern in Article the First

Given your analysis and interest in math, you will want to download & read " The Minimum and Maximum Size of the U. S. House of Representatives " as it covers pretty much the same ground. I finished reading the .pdf you referenced. It contains quite a bit of information of which I had...
by HankW501
Tue Oct 15, 2013 2:09 pm
Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
Topic: The Mystery of the Bill of Rights' First Amendment
Replies: 5
Views: 16832

Re: The Mystery of the Bill of Rights' First Amendment

The mathematical impossibility is that a maximum of 30,000 per district is incompatible with the existing constitutional minimum of 30,000 per district (Article I, Section 2, Clause 3). However, because the 1790 census formula resulted in a number greater than 3,000,000, the error was a moot point ...
by HankW501
Mon Oct 07, 2013 7:11 pm
Forum: Take it outside!
Topic: The Most Egregious Violation of the Constitution
Replies: 0
Views: 6363

The Most Egregious Violation of the Constitution

There have been quite a few Presidents throughout U.S. history who have been (informally) accused of being in violation of the U.S. Constitution. What I find surprising, and a little amusing, is that a great number of the critics seemed, in my opinion, to have spoken as if they believed that their P...
by HankW501
Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:35 am
Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
Topic: Continuing the Pattern in Article the First
Replies: 3
Views: 7446

Continuing the Pattern in Article the First

If you make a table of all possible population totals of at least three million and the resulting rule according to the instructions in Article the First, it would look something like this: U.S. Population Rule --------------- ---- 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 # of Representatives = 100 4,000,000 to 8,000...
by HankW501
Sat Oct 05, 2013 7:51 pm
Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
Topic: The Mystery of the Bill of Rights' First Amendment
Replies: 5
Views: 16832

Re: The Mystery of the Bill of Rights' First Amendment

I'm pretty good at math, but I honestly don't see the mathematical defect in the language of "Article the First" which reads: Article the first... After the first enumeration required by the first article of the Constitution, there shall be one Representative for every thirty thousand, un...