POLS 206 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Gerrymandering, Strict Scrutiny, Fourteenth Amendment To The United States Constitution
13 Nov 2016
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Senate: 6 year terms/ house: 2 year terms. House members at least age of 25 and 7 years. Senate members at least age of 30 and 9 years. Apportionment: the number of seats: the nine largest states are home to 51% of the population but elect only. 18% of the senate while the 26 smallest states elect 52% of the senate and contain only 18% of the population: strict adherence to "one person, one vote" rule. Wesberry v sanders (1964): districts must have equal populations throughout whole country. Karcher v daggett(1983): no variation more than 1/7 of 1% Some variation to one person one vote rule (montana as they are under represented: 1911- date where we cut off the number of house reps (435, apportionment conflicts. Questions whether census is the best method. Sampling is a more accurate than census. Census has a history of misrepresenting minorities.
