9 States have 18 Senators and Half the US Population [View all]

[CreekDog]

The other half of the US Population has 82 senators.

At some point, in a democracy, this needs to be addressed.

1 person doesn't equal one vote, 1 person in one state gets more representation than 1 person in another state --it simply depends which state they live in.

(...and DC, well, that's for another post)

Whether or not you think it's impossible to reform, doesn't mean that such reform isn't necessary and shouldn't be pursued.

California 37 691 912
Texas 25 674 681
NY 19 465 197
FL 19 057 197
IL 12 869 257
PA 12 742 886
OH 11 544 951
Michigan 9 876 187
Georgia 9 815 210
population: 158 757 823

Total U.S. territory - 312,913,872

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._states_and_territories_by_population

(edited to add population data and link)

Over 40 years ago, the US Supreme Court declared this type of apportionment unconstitutional for all other legislative bodies, be it at the state level or the US Congressional level. The only thing stopping them from applying it to the US Senate was that body's establishment in the Constitution. Unfair or not, because it's enumerated in the constitution, it continues, were it not, it would've been outlawed or changed in the name of equality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wesberry_v._Sanders
The Court issued its ruling on February 17, 1964. This decision requires each state to draw its U.S. Congressional districts so that they are approximately equal in population.
Nationally, this decision effectively reduced the representation of rural districts in the U.S. Congress. Particularly, the Court held that the population differences among Georgia's congressional districts were so great as to violate the Constitution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baker_v._Carr
landmark United States Supreme Court case that retreated from the Court's political question doctrine, deciding that redistricting (attempts to change the way voting districts are delineated) issues present justiciable questions, thus enabling federal courts to intervene in and to decide reapportionment cases.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reynolds_v._Sims
United States Supreme Court case that ruled that state legislature districts had to be roughly equal in population.