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''Clemons v. Department of Commerce'' (see also United States congressional apportionment#Controversy and history) was a lawsuit filed in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Mississippi on September 17, 2009, and unsuccessfully appealed to the United States Supreme Court, that challenged the constitutionality of the law setting membership in the United States House of Representatives at 435 members. == The case == The case, in brief, asked the court to decide three major points: # Does the Constitution’s requirement of one person, one-vote (also ''Reynolds v. Sims'' ) apply to the interstate apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives? # Does the current level of inequality violate this standard? # Does Congress need to increase the size of the House to remediate this inequality?〔Jurisdictional Statement, August 26, 2010, http://apportionment.us/JurisdictionalStatement.pdf〕 Based on the principle of one person, one-vote, the suit cited a lack of compliance with Article I, Section 2 and Amendment XIV, Section 2 of the United States Constitution that "Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective numbers" and asked that the court declare the current apportionment system to be unconstitutional. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clemons v. Department of Commerce」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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