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In reply to the discussion: Lifting the 435 seat limit on the size of the U.S. House would make the Electoral College fairer. [View all]Gothmog
(181,602 posts)Any such lawsuit would be doomed to failure under basic doctrines that I first saw in an undergrad political science class. The issue of the political questions doctrine is well established and would doomed any such silly lawsuit. I was amused to see that anyone was stupid to bring such a lawsuit but I was not surprised to see that this law was dismissed because of the political questions doctrine.
Ken-your feelings or lay opinions do not matter in the real world. Opinions are not admissible in a court of law unless they meet the criterion to qualify as an expert opinion. Opinions of lay persons on legal issues are not meaningful in the real world. I use facts in my posts because in the real world one back arguments up with facts and not lay opinions or feelings. The issue of a law suit to strike down the Apportionment Act is a legal issue and I was correct in predicting that a court would have no trouble whatsoever in rejecting this silly claim.
Your thread was based on the concept of a silly lawsuit where the courts actually have directly ruled back in 2010. You really should consider reading up on the issues and using facts. If you had spent thirty seconds you would have seen that the courts had already ruled on this theory and the SCOTUS denied cert. in that ruling.