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The Great CompromiseThe most hotly contested debate at the Constitutional Convention was on how the representatives in Congress would be determine. The small s… Started by Keith Broaders in The Online ProfessorLatest Reply |
The Virginia PlanThe Virginia Plan Had the Virginia Plan for apportioning the House of Representatives been accepted the framers of the Constitution would h… Started by Keith Broaders in The Online ProfessorLatest Reply |
Unequal Apportionment in the State LegislaturesAccording to the "Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment every person in every state has a right to be equally represented. Why is i… Started by Keith Broaders in The Online ProfessorLatest Reply |
One Person, One VoteOne Person, One Vote One of the purpose of the 14th Amendment was to guarantee that every person in every state would be equally represente… Started by Keith Broaders in The Online ProfessorLatest Reply |
UnequalDo you believe that all of the people in all of the states should be equally represented in the House of Representatives? Should the voice… Started by Keith Broaders in The Online ProfessorLatest Reply |
End Political GerrymanderingIn order to end the political corruption associated with gerrymandering, I suggest that state representatives be chosen to represent their… Started by Keith Broaders in The Online ProfessorLatest Reply |
Equal Protection ClauseBefore the ratification of the 14th Amendment in 1868 each of the states had the Constitutional authority to determine the size of their le… Started by Keith Broaders in The Online ProfessorLatest Reply |
Supreme CourtBy allowing the Supreme Court to change the Constitution by re-interpreting it, we have given the court the power to become a legislative… Started by Keith Broaders in The Online ProfessorLatest Reply |
Nullifying the 17th AmendmentOn April 8, 1913 the Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan announced that the requisite number of 36 states had ratified the propos… Started by Keith Broaders in The Online ProfessorLatest Reply |
Nullifying the 17th AmendmentIn 1913 the state legislature of Delaware voted to reject the proposed 17th Amendment, but in 2010 the state legislature voted to change th… Started by Keith Broaders in The Online ProfessorLatest Reply |
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