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To: 11th_VA

This is pointless IMHO. It would require a Constitutional Amendment. Art. I, Sec. 2 Clause 3 reads Congressional seats are apportioned by ‘number of free persons’, not citizens. living in a state. An amendment requires 2/3rds of each house to approve before it is sent to the states for ratification.


16 posted on 01/25/2024 11:23:49 AM PST by hanamizu ( )
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To: hanamizu

You added “living in a state.” That is not in that clause. Are tourists free people? Should they be included?


17 posted on 01/25/2024 11:33:29 AM PST by OA5599
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To: hanamizu

Keep reading.


24 posted on 01/25/2024 12:20:21 PM PST by lepton ("It is useless to attempt to reason a man out of a thing he was never reasoned into"--Jonathan Swift)
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