Removed because people are such snowflakes

Removed because people are such snowflakes Apr 6, 2020 2:48:50 GMT

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Post by gameboy on Apr 6, 2020 2:48:50 GMT

Apr 6, 2020 2:18:21 GMT Admin said:

Apr 6, 2020 1:53:42 GMT gameboy said:

Nonsense. You can try any convoluted extrapolation of parsed words you want. So you're saying they pretended 40% of black slaves didn't exist?

No, I'm saying they were not counted for legislative representation and taxing purposes based on population.

That's even worse than saying they're 3/5 of a human being. Bottom line, the contortionists wrote slavery into the Constitution. That's the main point.

The Constitution says that the total size of a state's delegation to the House (ie, number of Representatives) depends on its population. I believe it's something like one for every 40k or so people. If I go to Mexico and bring back 100 million Mexicans to Los Angeles, does California then get 2,000 additional Representatives?

Actually, non-citizens are counted in the census. So their numbers are used to decide the size of congressional districts and the number of representatives each state gets in the House. So yes, if you bring over 100 million Mexicans then California gets over a fourth of the House. But the Mexicans still can't vote.