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US Census Apportionment

The US Constitution's requirements for the census and apportionment of representatives, including the role of Congress and the Supreme Court in interpreting these requirements.

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Does the text of the Constitution specify who must be counted in the census?

The Constitution requires an “” every ten years to apportion Representatives (Article I, Section 2), but its text does not lay out a detailed list of who precisely must be counted; instead it sets the...