The value of "one person, one vote," the value of equality, is a value that was given to … - Lawrence Lessig

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Lawrence Lessig

The value of "one person, one vote," the value of equality, is a value that was given to us more than 50 years ago as a central part of our constitutional tradition. So, under that principle, we ought to be applying the same standard today that I would have said we should have applied a year ago.

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