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Re:Show HN: Antimander – Optimize Congressional Districts wi... by VWWHFSfQ on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @07:05PM (#23621511)
The short answer is yes. The long answer is that the Supreme Court would have to get involved. And they are very reluctant to make any kind of new interpretation of the Constitution for something like this.
Re:Show HN: Antimander – Optimize Congressional Districts wi... by dragonwriter on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @11:29PM (#23623712)
Any answer to the question would be a new interpretation, since the clause hasn’t previously been litigated.

But you can clearly amend the powers of the Senate, including abolishing all of them. And/or create a third house of Congress, without equal per-state representation.

Re:Show HN: Antimander – Optimize Congressional Districts wi... by VWWHFSfQ on Tuesday June 23, 2020 @11:40PM (#23623779)
I mean, it's fun to think about at a purely theoretical/academic level. But practically speaking, none of this could ever happen.
Re:Show HN: Antimander – Optimize Congressional Districts wi... by dragonwriter on Wednesday June 24, 2020 @01:22AM (#23624387)
I wouldn’t be so sure; it would require getting states to vote against their narrow parochial interests, but it's not inconceivable that it could happen. It would probably take a crisis of legitimacy in which the disaffection of the underrepresented states was sufficient to threaten the viability of the union, though.