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"One man, one vote" is found nowhere in the Constitution. Not ignoring you. Last fall was a busy time for me with work and finishing the pamphlet. "One person one vote" -- at the national level -- is found within the Constitution as " Representatives ... shall be apportione...

I noticed in the Sep. 17th NYT piece that a conference related to this issue was held in DC by the Population Resource Center recently. Does anyone know anything about that? I have considered contacting that organization directly but I wanted to see if there was anything anyone here knew about it f...

Doesn’t the Constitution indicate Congress can determine how that is to be done? (Article I Section 2) (Sorry for the tardy reply. I'm supposed to receive e-mails notifying me of new posts. Not sure if I'm getting those.) What Article 1 Section 2 of the Constitution explicitly requires is that &quo...

Mike, your first proposition, that "districts of smaller constituencies hold the individual representatives accountable for their actions regardless of party affiliation", is the fundamental concept that more people need to understand. And you're 100% correct that "There should be req...

Mike, you're correct that most people, even otherwise well informed people, don't know there are only 435 members of the federal House. If they do know, ask them why it is 435 instead of any other number. Few have any idea why! Some will even suggest that’s the number required by the Constitution. O...

Here are three ideas that I feel are ideally suited to where TTO is presently. Those are excellent suggestions. Creating videos (for YouTube distribution) has long been a favorite of mine. I have given a lot of thought to what the content of those videos should be. Unfortunately, I lack both the ti...

17 percent think Congress cares what the American people want, compared to the large 79 percent majority who think Congress does whatever it wants to do.

Read: Fox News / Opinion Dynamics Poll (March 19, 2010)

The Iraqi Constitution specifies that: "The Council of Representatives shall consist of a number of members, at a ratio of one representative per 100,000 Iraqi persons representing the entire Iraqi people." In other words, the number of constituents represented by each Representative in th...

Just 23% of U.S. voters say they prefer a more active government with more services and higher taxes over one with fewer services and lower taxes, according to a new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey. This finding has remained fairly consistent since regular tracking on this question began...

A majority of Americans think the federal government poses a threat to rights of Americans, according to a new national poll. Fifty-six percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corporation survey released Friday say they think the federal government's become so large and powerful that ...

The founding document of the United States, the Declaration of Independence, states that governments derive “their just powers from the consent of the governed.” Today, however, just 21% of voters nationwide believe that the federal government enjoys the consent of the governed. A new Rasmussen Repo...

Forty-three percent (43%) of U.S. voters rate the performance of their local government as tops compared to its counterparts on the state and federal level. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 14% think the federal government does a better job. Nineteen percent (19%) sa...

If the material was in a book form, I could hand it out to friends and relatives so they too could learn about the limits placed on representation and how it harms them. Michael, I appreciate that suggestion and our related discussion via e-mail. For the benefit of others, the biggest constraints r...

Here's a Wall Street Journal editorial about the need for an amendment convention: The States Can Check Washington's Power (Dec 21, 2009) by David B. Rivkin Jr. and Lee A. Casey From the article: The gain will be substantial. Although it seems that permitting the states to propose amendments is a sm...

Again, it may not be feasible yet to form and fund a PAC, ... I wish I were able to work on TTO full time. My biggest challenge is that I am incredibly time constrained (you all probably are as well) and so don't have any bandwidth available to do many things that I would like to do. For example, i...

I am in favor of both of these ideas, an annual meeting and forming a PAC. I have two questions. First, what would we expect a PAC to do that Thirty-Thousand.org , which is a 501(c)(3), cannot do? I'm not asking that question as a challenge; instead, I'm only trying to understand the expectations. ...

You have several times in your post appeared to invoke the historical fact that the U.S. Constitution was, in fact, ratified by every State. But that was only because they were strongarmed into it: the proposal nullified their dissenter's veto by making the new Constitution effective on the ratific...

This seems like a spectacular assertion. In what way was the Philadelphia Convention not bound by the provisions of an existing constitution? The Articles of Confederation were the existing constitution! And they clearly provided: "[T]he Articles of this Confederation shall be inviolably obser...

I think, J.E., that you're ignoring the significance of the Philadelphia Convention. .... I realize that is the basis for the hobgoblin of a "constitutional convention", but that line of reasoning is absolutely specious! That would be like expressing concern that a rogue group of NFL empl...

If nobody but you and me are interested in working on this, then you're right- the PAC idea may not be the best solution. Regardless, of what we do, I want to get more involved in this and I am throwing my hat in the ring. Richard, believe me: I am quite grateful for your spirit. I want to say &quo...

A short article about this report is available here:
http://thirty-thousand-org.blogspot.com ... sizes.html
It's easier to read than the full report.

I was just wondering if anyone has considered forming a PAC? I have considered it, but that's all. It is a good idea to anticipate that eventuality. My opinion, which is open to change, is that we're not ready for that yet . I believe that job #1 is building widespread awareness of the critical nee...

I can offer some brief color on this. ... That's a good point you make, that attempting to convene an amendment convention may compel the Congress to action. That is another reason for advocating this course of action relative to representational enlargement. I don't understand where this hysteria ...

The apportionment figure must include illegal aliens and other noncitizens due to constitutional imperative. ... Are you saying that the only way to change this (so that only citizens are counted) would be through a constitutional amendment? So if Congress did enact such a law, SCOTUS may rule that...

Welcome to our forum! We understand all of your frustration regarding the resistance encountered in promoting representational enlargement and we certainly need more "unrelenting promoters" (even those with a poor self image!). Once a convention is convened there is no way to limit the di...