"Why isn't gerrymandering illegal?"

[last1standing]

23. LOL! If you don't think I understand the history/reasoning of our current system, reread my post.

Unless you're a Constitutional lawyer, I very much doubt you have a better understanding of how this nation was set up and the Constitutional rules that govern it than myself.

That said, my comments were directed at the gerrymandering system and how the rules that were set up over two hundred years ago may not be the most useful today. They are certainly not the most representative of the population. Propping up a system that no longer works is not in the best interests of the people or the nation.

The post-Civil War period changed much more about this country than most people realize. States are no longer sovereign over the federal government and the 14th Amendment's incorporation clause gave powers to the people that were once held exclusively to the states. Based on these changes, it can reasonably be argued that the states no longer need, or have a right to, equal voice in national government regardless of their population.

"We've always done it this way," without more, is not a valid argument.