States Have a Right

[Keith Broaders]

In the Constitution some powers were delegated to the Federal goveenment and others were delegated to the states. 

The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.

Article I Section 4

The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators.

According to the provisions in the 4th Clause of Section 1 the Congress and the Supreme Court have no constitutional authority over how the states choose to organize their,state legislatures. 

The Supreme Court exceeded its Constitutional authority when it ruled that the senates in rhe legislatures of the states were unconstitutional apportioned and that all legislative districts needed to be apportioned  based on their respective populations.

Supreme Court decisions are not laws, they are opinions that the states can accept or reject.

I suggest that the people of Florida propose an amendment that would provide that each of the 67 counties would have a representative in the state senate.