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DetroitLegalBeagle

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2. The 1 one for every 30,000 sets a minimum district size, not maximum

Reply to Whip-poor-will (Reply #1)

Sat Feb 28, 2026, 09:41 AM

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Article 1 says " The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand,..."

"Shall not exceed" means Congress cannot allocate Representatives at a ratio smaller than one per 30,000 people. So an 11,000+ sized House is the maximum size, not the Constitutionally required size.

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