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To: Paleo Conservative
If he is unable to vote on the floor of the Senate, then the state of South Dakota is not equally represented as required by Article V.

The Constitution states that South Dakota will have two senators. They have two. The fact that one is incapacitated doesn't change that.

71 posted on 01/03/2007 12:05:17 PM PST by Non-Sequitur
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To: Non-Sequitur; Congressman Billybob
The Constitution states that South Dakota will have two senators. They have two. The fact that one is incapacitated doesn't change that.

It doesn't say just they must have the same number of senators, it says

no State, without its Consent, shall be deprived of its equal Suffrage in the Senate.
That's stronger. If a senator is incapacitated, and can not vote, that means that senator's state is being denied equal suffrage in the Senate!
81 posted on 01/03/2007 1:29:21 PM PST by Paleo Conservative (Happy New Year!)
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