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Show Re-apportionment And What It Means To You C'l.tlnuf d from last week The Senate n purpoel constituted us .1 conservative body, being tiot amenable to the Immediate will of the people, and having re-fonstblllttes primarily related to sueh a conservative character The house is set up purposely ;o be more responsive to the will of t people. Thus, there Is brought Into the legislative process th" in nrtple of ehi-ck and balance Ahieh can only be achieved In that manner: and the peopte thereby nre protect' ri against the 1'Otentlal tyranny of a temporary majority. Likewise, the peojde 1 'tnierlettlly are given equal rep-rc fentatlon through the house of reprt sentatlves. while the dates Individually. Irrespective of population, are guaranteed e-oual representation through the snate. There Is great similarity n the relationship between the Mutes and the federal government and between the counties and th' "tntes. If anything, the counties of tho state of Utah are even 11101 inviolate from change by the legislature than are the states free from posslhle change on the part t the Congress (see article XI. s'ctlon 3, Constitution of Utah). Ihe Utah legislature did not e-tildlsh the boundaries or the counties; such boundaries were "tabllshed by the Constitution llself, and the legislature has m power to change such boundaries. In this connection, the Supreme Court of Utah In the case of Summit County v Rich County. 63 Utah, 19 i, Has held that anv net of the legislature ntteniptln;: to establish a new or different line with respect tn a county without regard to original Intention the Constitution Is unconstitutional. Amendment IX, a part of the Pill of nights, of the Constitution or the United States, specifically refers to the rights retained by the people, despite the enumeration of rights In the Constitution. The Constitution of tho United States, Article V. provides that " .no state, without Its consent, shall be deprived of Its equal suffrage In the Senate;" and In Article IV. Section 1. It is provided that "The United States shall guarantee to every State In this Union a Republican form or f!ov-rrnment " The surest way to guarantee a republican form of env eminent for the State of Utah, and to Insure the exercise of tli P'oples' rights In the manner Intended by the foundlnt fathers, is to pattern our state government after the form of govern ment set up for the United States ot America. |
