Sentence examples for apportionment purposes from inspiring English sources

In 1999, the court ruled that sampling in its conventional form was barred by statute for apportionment purposes, a decision that avoided the need to address the constitutional question.

An earlier enumeration also found in Kean's papers at Liberty Hall Museum counts black slaves for apportionment purposes as the equivalent of three-fifths of a person, presaging the compromise adopted by the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

The population of a state originally included (for congressional apportionment purposes) all "free persons", three-fifths of "other persons" (i.e., slaves) and excluded untaxed Native Americans.

In the context of partisan gerrymandering, that means that First Amendment concerns arise where an apportionment has the purpose and effect of burdening a group of voters' representational rights".

The second question for the Supreme Court is whether anything other than an old-fashioned head count is constitutional, given the Constitution's reference in the census clause of Article I, Section 2 to an "actual enumeration" for purposes of apportionment.

The first is whether the use of imputed figures is legal under the Census Act of 1957, which the court has interpreted to prohibit the use of statistical sampling for purposes of apportionment.

Gerry was also vocal in opposing the Three-Fifths Compromise, which counted slaves as 3/5 of a person for the purposes of apportionment in the House of Representatives and gave southern states a decided advantage.

The Three-Fifths Compromise was a provision in the Constitution that required three-fifths of the population of slaves be counted for purposes of apportionment of seats in the House of Representatives and taxes among the states.

"The Court actually affirmed the legality of sampling" for purposes other than apportionment, Daley said--namely, reshaping congressional districts within a state as well as distribution of federal money to the states.

People in prison generally lose the right to vote, but their bodies still count for purposes of political apportionment.

But an 800 pound gorilla loomed over any pick to head the Census Bureau: whether to use statistical estimation to adjust the results of the Census for purposes of congressional apportionment.