Making the House Of Representatives More Representative
As originally designed, the number of seats in the House of Representatives is supposed to grow along with the US population. Why hasn't it, and what are the consequences for democracy?
Brian Lehrer: A Daily Politics Podcast
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Show Notes
As originally designed, the number of seats in the House of Representatives is supposed to grow along with the US population. Why hasn't it, and what are the consequences for democracy?
On Today's Show:
Danielle Allen, Washington Post contributing columnist, a political theorist at Harvard University, where she is James Bryant Conant University Professor and director of the Edmond and Lily Safra Center for Ethics and the author of Justice by Means of Democracy (University of Chicago Press, 2023), proposes expanding the number of members of the House of Representatives, currently capped at 435.