It would mean that the Senators from that State would have no defense against that change. It would mean that the next Democratic President could appoint Rhode Islanders to Texas. It would mean that the next Republican President could appoint Texans to Rhode Island, and neither the Senator from Texas nor the Senators from Rhode Island would have any defense left against that without the honoring of the blue slip.
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