4: the Original 1st Amendment

How did the original First Amendment in the Bill of Rights get lost to the sands of time? Don’t you want to know what the ONLY unratified amendment of the original TWELVE in the Bill of Rights was all about?

In this episode, we cover Congressional apportionment, Puerto Rico, Mitch McConnell’s game of Risk™, China’s National People's Congress, and nihilism. This is Robot F. Kennedy.

SHOW NOTES

Steve King’s horrible, racist tweet:
https://twitter.com/SteveKingIA/status/840980755236999169

Congressional Apportionment Amendment
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congressional_Apportionment_Amendment
The amendment was written by James Madison in 1789. Between 1791 and 1796, it was only one state short of ratification. As of 1992, it is the only one of the original twelve amendments that failed to gain the necessary 3/4ths ratification.

Congressional district with the most people: Montana At-large (994,416)
Congressional district with the fewest people: Rhode Island's 1st (526,283)

The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929
http://history.house.gov/Historical-Highlights/1901-1950/The-Permanent-Apportionment-Act-of-1929/
This law limits the size of the House of Representatives to 435. It was passed by a Republican Congress and signed by a Republican president to protect Republican majorities.

List of Legislatures by Number of Members
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_legislatures_by_number_of_members