Re:Welcome to the 21st Century: How to Plan for the Post-Cov...
by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @10:13AM
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> One person, one vote" never meant "one vote, one equal share of representation"
That's exactly what “one person, one vote” means, but the only place in the US system that “one person, one vote” is applied is to the states as a consequence of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, on which basis state level structures very similar to the way the two Houses of Congress are set up under the federal Constitution have been struck down as violations of the principle, and, thereby, the Constitution.
That's exactly what “one person, one vote” means, but the only place in the US system that “one person, one vote” is applied is to the states as a consequence of the Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment, on which basis state level structures very similar to the way the two Houses of Congress are set up under the federal Constitution have been struck down as violations of the principle, and, thereby, the Constitution.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/one-person_one-vote_rule
The US federal system of representation is a conscious denial of equal protection.