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xp1337 posted...

Or admit new states to the union, which in many cases we should absolutely be doing anyway. DC and Puerto Rico being the most obvious (and the easiest sells), but I think this extends to the other territories the US holds. Also only requires a simple majority in Congress + President so isn't an insurmountable task like abolishing the senate.

i would also note that all states would be equally represented in the senate if we abolished it. we'd simply be changing the number of senators per state from 2 to 0. i'm calling the air bud rule on this.

Mathematically I agree with you but I feel like English common law places a rather unnatural distinction between existing and not existing and it is the language known to the founders and the people of the time. So having no representation at all would probably not qualify as having equal representation because while it would be equal, it would not be representation.

I think the easiest way to add states is to divide Texas into 5 gerrymandered states as decided by the Texas Legislature. Congress already gave consent for this in the original treaty annexing Texas to the US so Texas should theoretically be able to do it unilaterally with no further federal action.

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