United States of America, Amicus Curiae
Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., Solicitor General
The United States filed an amicus brief in this case because of the constitutional issues involved. Donald B. Verrilli, Jr., was nominated to be solicitor general by President Barack Obama on January 26, 2011, and was sworn in on June 9, 2011. The following is excerpted from the Amicus Curiae Brief for Respondents as submitted to the U.S. Supreme Court on September 25, 2015. In Reynolds v. Sims (1964), the Court held that, under the Equal Protection Clause, “the seats in both houses of a bicameral State legislature must be apportioned on a population basis.” A State satisfies that constitutional…
