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by JEQuidam
Sun Apr 06, 2025 9:23 pm
Forum: Section 7: Establish Citizen Equality Nationwide
Topic: Gemini AI on “Why It's Time to Increase the Size of the U.S. House of Representatives”
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Gemini AI on “Why It's Time to Increase the Size of the U.S. House of Representatives”

More Voices, Better Representation: Why It's Time to Increase the Size of the U.S. House of Representatives

This is a "Deep Research" report created by Google’s Gemini AI on April 6, 2025.
Gemini created and titled this report in response to a request to examine the following two articles from ...
by JEQuidam
Mon Mar 31, 2025 3:45 pm
Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
Topic: Gemini AI on the unratified “Article the First” of the Bill of Rights...
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Gemini AI on the unratified “Article the First” of the Bill of Rights...

The Unratified "Article the First" of the Bill of Rights: A Missed Opportunity for Proportional Representation

This is a "Deep Research" report created by Google’s Gemini AI on March 31, 2025.
Gemini created this in response to this question: “Are you familiar with the story of "Article the ...
by JEQuidam
Thu Jan 16, 2025 2:48 pm
Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
Topic: Eleven States Ratified the would-be first amendment
Replies: 2
Views: 140733

Re: Eleven States Ratified the would-be first amendment

The reason that Article the first was never ratified by the states is that it contained an unexpected defect in its formulation which effectively rendered it nonsensical and then inconsequential. That is explained here: https://thirty-thousand.org/article-the ... of-rights/
by JEQuidam
Sun Jun 23, 2024 1:24 pm
Forum: Section 2: “Article the first” of the Bill of Rights
Topic: Eleven States Ratified the would-be first amendment
Replies: 2
Views: 140733

Eleven States Ratified the would-be first amendment

With the exception of Delaware, every state that ratified articles three through twelve (as the first ten amendments to the Constitution) also ratified Article the first . Presumably many of the state legislatures that initially ratified it did not realize its formulation contained a fatal flaw that ...
by JEQuidam
Wed Apr 19, 2023 10:41 am
Forum: Additional Discussion 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 ...
by JEQuidam
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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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 ...
by JEQuidam
Fri Apr 07, 2023 4:49 pm
Forum: Take it outside!
Topic: Historical US Eligible Voter data project
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Views: 107978

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 ...
by JEQuidam
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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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 ...
by JEQuidam
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: 105602

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 ...
by JEQuidam
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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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 ...
by JEQuidam
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: 106822

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 ...
by JEQuidam
Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:37 pm
Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away From Special Interest Groups
Topic: 72 members of Congress have failed to report their financial trades
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Views: 53821

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 ...
by JEQuidam
Wed Sep 14, 2022 8:33 pm
Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away From Special Interest Groups
Topic: NY Times: Thousands of stock trades posed potential conflicts
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Views: 55171

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 ...
by JEQuidam
Wed Aug 17, 2022 7:46 pm
Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away From Special Interest Groups
Topic: Representative’s net worth quintuples+ in two years
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Views: 56565

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 ...
by JEQuidam
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: 58096

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 ...
by JEQuidam
Sun Jul 17, 2022 10:47 am
Forum: Section 3: Take Control Away From Special Interest Groups
Topic: A very wealthy Speaker of the House
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Views: 56857

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 ...
by JEQuidam
Mon Jun 13, 2022 9:57 am
Forum: Section 6: Enable Political Diversity in the House
Topic: What about packing the House of Representatives?
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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 ...
by JEQuidam
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: 30170

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 ...
by JEQuidam
Wed Mar 16, 2022 2:58 pm
Forum: Section 7: Establish Citizen Equality Nationwide
Topic: Paper: One Person, One Vote, 435 Seats
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Views: 52276

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 ...
by JEQuidam
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: 53518

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 ...