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Questions about the U.S. Congress – the federal legislative body consisting of the House of Representatives and the Senate (also [us-senate]).
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Have US Congressional reapportionment formulas ever been codified?
Code § 2a,
(a) On the first day, or within one week thereafter, of the first regular session of the Eighty-second Congress and of each fifth Congress thereafter, the President shall transmit to the Congress … In any case, the law does clearly show that Congress has chosen a specific algorithm that must be used, so the President has no discretion to choose his own method. …
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Can Congress dissolve the other branches?
Congress has the power to propose amendments, but not to enact them. Amendments are only enacted once they're ratified by 3/4ths of the state legislatures. … And yes, there's no reason to think it would be unconstitutional for 2/3rds of each house of Congress plus 3/4ths of the state legislatures to make fundamental changes to the Constitution like eliminating …
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