

If the House were to use the representation it did when it was artificially limited in 1929, the House would have roughly 1500 members and gerrymandering would be effectively useless.
The 435 number seems random because it is. That’s simply how many representatives there were at the time when it was made permanent. That artificial limit effectively makes it a second Senate, defeating the purpose of its existence.
Congress can fix it at any point. The Permanent Apportionment Act was passed by a simple majority. It can be repealed or replaced with a simple majority as well. But that would dilute every member’s current massively outsized power, so they won’t.



Pretty sure they are, and he’s playing into it because of his extreme narcissism.
When he inevitably dies, they’re going to try and pin everything on him and pivot to manipulating things further down the fascism rabbit hold from outside direct public scrutiny like they have been for 60+ years.
The only reason they’re being so brazzen now is that Trump is a fucking idiot and is incapable of doing anything without as much public attention for his ego as possible.