What I am fearful of is if an amendment like this is adopted. and I am told this by the Director of the Census. it could result in delaying reapportionment 1. 3. 10 years. and we would not have a fair distribution of the seats in the House for an indefinite period of time. We could even end up. as has happened in some States in past history. with every Member in some or every State running at large. not assigned to a specific district but running at large throughout the whole State. I would not want to rely on the courts to solve this problem quickly. As a matter of fact. I felt so strongly about it last year that I joined in the lawsuit to prevent the census people from counting illegal aliens for purposes of apportionment. It took them 11 months to tell us we did not even have standing.
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