...of our form of government. Adhe principle of one-person-one-vote, the Court declares, "Legislators people, not trees or acres. Legislators are elected by voters, not farms r economic interests." The Court sets up alternatives and chooses one, hat our Nation is people, not...

...different interpretation of how these proposals would affect federal-state relations. • Ibid., p. 568. Legislators represent people, not trees or acres....and unimpaired fashion is a bedrock of our political system.1 The Chief Justice also argued : . . . The right of a citizen to equal representation and to...

...dissenting opinion. Id. at 71-71 nL 110 Id. at 71. 71 377 US 533 (1964). "/<*- at 55373 Id. at 553 n.»s. 74 "Legislators represent people, not trees or acres....voters, not farms or cities or economic interests." Id. at 561. 75 Id. at 565. "/</. at 566. 77 Id. at 568. tion in the Federal Congress was adopted."...

...dissenting opinion. Id. at 7l-7» nL 70 Id. at 71. 71377U.S. 533 (1964). "W. at 55373 Id. at 553 n-.a$. 74 "Legislators represent people, not trees or acres....voters, not farms or cities or economic interests." Id. at 562. tion in the Federal Congress was adopted." 78 Third, "Political subdivisions of States...

...case thus served to give additional emphasis to the oft-quoted central statement of Reynolds v. Sims: "Legislators represent people, not trees or acres....elected by voters, not farms or cities or economic interests."19 Quoting an earlier case, Chief Justice Warren in the Reynolds case reduced the proposition...

...at 555) of the comparison of "one man's vote" to that of another man's vote. Id., at 559. We said: "Legislators represent people, not trees or acres....unimpaired fashion is a bedrock of our political system." Id., at 562. It is indeed grotesque to think of corporations voting within the framework of political...

...vote is undermined.»27 Black summed up the Court's «theory» of representation with these words: «Legislators represent people, not trees or acres....and unimpaired fashion is a bedrock of our political system.»28 Thus, logically, if the system of political representation is to be consistent with the...

...Reynolds was set forth by Chief Justice Warren in common-sense terms that every citizen can understand: Legislators represent people, not trees or acres....unimpaired fashion is a bedrock of our political system. * * * To the extent that a citizen's right to vote is debased, he is that much less a citizen. The...

...ban on all literacy tests and devices used to prevent the free exercise of the right to vote. For, "As long as ours is a representative form of government,...unimpaired fashion is a bedrock of our political system." Reynolds v. Sims 377 US 533 (1964). Mr. EDWARDS. Our final witness, and a friend of the committee for...

...81. In setting forth the Court's basic theory of representation, Chief Justice Earl Warren declared: Legislators represent people, not trees or acres....unimpaired fashion is a bedrock of our political system 82. 74 NY Times, 25 June 1976, at D13, col. 1 (city ed.). 75 Id. at Al, col. 8. (This section on »Constitutional...