Thecongressionaldistrict, as compared to the state legislative district, would thus not serve to define any particularity at all.From theCambridge English Corpus
When voters produce divided government, it happenscongressionaldistrictbycongressionaldistrictor state by state.From theCambridge English Corpus
The largecongressionaldistrictforced these towns, counties, and/or parishes to join together.From theCambridge English Corpus
Nevertheless, especially for critics of the constitution, thecongressionaldistrictwas neither expected nor designed to capture local interests.From theCambridge English Corpus
But both sides also agreed that the empirical claim was false because, again, the size of thecongressionaldistrictwould be too large.From theCambridge English Corpus
For apparent reasons, participants in the convention never entertained the possibility of thecongressionaldistrictas the proper end of government.From theCambridge English Corpus
A thirteenth seat must be made by creating acongressionaldistrictthat straddles two judicial districts.From theCambridge English Corpus
The newcongressionaldistrictwould be roughly ten times the size of the districts of most state legislatures.From theCambridge English Corpus
It is a single-issue interest group with a large membership (approximately 3.5 million members with thousands in everycongressionaldistrictin 1994).From theCambridge English Corpus
Here, it highlights the lack of connection betweencongressionaldistrictand local interests.From theCambridge English Corpus
In either case, the argument assumes that thecongressionaldistrictas such would not form a separate end of government.From theCambridge English Corpus
There was no such argument that thecongressionaldistrictwould for m such a distinct unit within society.From theCambridge English Corpus
The argument that federal and state governments have different ends leaves barren the claim that thecongressionaldistrictwas to represent interest in the national legislature.From theCambridge English Corpus
Indeed, the normative punch of my argument is that there were normative justifications for the largecongressionaldistricteven though territory itself was not a primary desideratum.From theCambridge English Corpus
Similarly, critics argued that thecongressionaldistrictwould not be a safeguard to tyranny because it was too large and did not form a natural political society in itself.From theCambridge English Corpus
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