You don’t have to make suggestions or guesses. Read the article
In the constitution that covers this. Native Americans were originally excluded because as was said elsewhere in this string they were considered a separate “ country “, and were not taxed.
You can also Google legal discussions around the term persons.
A more interesting argument follows the Heller decision that ruled corporations were a persons from a constitutional rights protection standpoint. So should corporations be counted in the census as well? Might give Delaware an extra rep
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Posted: 07/12/2019 at 08:13AM