Article I. section 2. clause 3 of the U.S. I Constitution. as amended by section 2 of the. 14th amendment. requires that the apportionment of the House of Representatives be based on the "whole number of persons". The term "persons" is used. I point out. and not theword "citizen" which is used in other parts of the Constitution. Clearly. it was the intent of the framers that every inhabitant be counted. While it is my understanding that- a case to exclude illegal aliens from the ensiis -has not come before the Supreme Court. the Federal appeals courts have held that all persons
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