The correct answer is D) One could correctly argue that it is a violation because the states have different populations and should have proportional votes.
Could a person correctly argue that this quote violates the principle of popular sovereignty? The answer would be: One could correctly argue that it is a violation because the states have different populations and should have proportional votes.
That is why delegates had to reach an agreement during the Constitutional Convention of 1787, about proportional representation in Congress. The agreement was called the Great Compromise. Roger Sherman, a delegate from Connecticut was the one who proposed this agreement that included the creation of two legislative bodies that ended up being the Senate and the House of Representatives.
