Congressional Reapportionment: Implications and Predictions for 1990
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Authors
Parsons, Leigh M.
Issue Date
1989
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Thesis
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en_US
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This thesis will focus on congressional reapportionment as an active
force in American politics since the Constitutional Convention in
1787. Questions surrounding legislative apportionment have arisen
at every level of government, from city and county commissions to
the United States House of Representatives, and have been answered
by statesmen such as George Washington, by both state and federal
courts, and by the legislatures themselves.
The examination of these questions is the purpose of this thesis.
Beginning with the Constitutional Convention, the major theories
regarding legislative apportionment in the United States will be
discussed and the implications of these theories analyzed. The projections of the 1990 census and its effect on reapportionment
procedures will be fully discussed and will include an analysis of the
projections for change in the apportionment of the House of
Representatives. The implications of various issues on the
reapportionment procedures will also be examined.
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