...§ 2, of the Constitution that representatives be chosen "by the People of the several States" means that "as nearly as is practicable one man's vote in...congressional election is to be worth as much as another's," Wesberry v. Sanders, 376 US 1, 7-8, and that that meant "vote-diluting discrimination" could not be...

...members of the House of Representatives "by the People," construed in its historical context, "means that as nearly as is practicable one man's vote in...congressional election is to be worth as much as another's." We further stated: "It would defeat the principle solemnly embodied in the Great Compromise— equal...

..."guidelines"— a now much-used word in contemporary judicial literature. We tell them only that they must insure that "as nearly as is practicable one man's vote in...a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's."1 A search for just what is "as nearly as is practicable" is presently taxing the minds...

..."Representatives be chosen by the people of the several States." The Supreme Court says that means, as nearly as is practicable, one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another. So, you have cut into the situation the equality of representation principle of the Constitution....

...United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such ManOpinion of the Court. 376 US nearly as is practicable one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's.10 This rule is followed automatically, of course, when Representatives are chosen as a group...

...United States, and within every subsequent Term of ten Years, in such ManOpinion of the Court. 376 US nearly as is practicable one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's.10 This rule is followed automatically, of course, when Representatives are chosen as a group...

...in population in order to comply with what the Court concluded was the constitutional mandate that "one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's" (376 US at 7-8). HR 2836 attempts to provide an objective standard as to permissible variations in...

...in population in order to comply with what the Court concluded was the constitutional mandate that "one man's vote in a congressional election is to be worth as much as another's" (376 US at 7-8). HR 2836 attempts to provide an objective standard as to permissible variations in...

...approximately 100,000 votes, while trailing Benjamin Harrison by some 65 electoral votes, would have lieen declared the victor. Mr. Chairman, in 1964 the United...as is practicable one man's vote in a Congressional flection is to be worth as much as another's." And, in deciding the famous reapportionment case, Reynolds...

...command of Art. I, § 2, that Representatives be chosen 'by the People of the several States' means that as nearly as is practicable one man's vote in...congressional election is to be worth as much as another's." History was Mr. Justice Black's main support — a history thai slopped with 1789, a history that reads...