Richard Winger reports that “a 3-judge U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Mississippi ruled that the U.S. Constitution does not require a larger number of members in the U.S. House of Representatives.” The court rejected arguments that the current statutory limit of 435 representatives “provides great inequality between states. [For example,] Wyoming has one seat for 495,304 persons, but Montana has one seat for 905,316 persons. Therefore, an individual voter in Wyoming has more than twice the voting power of a voter in Montana, for U.S. House representation.” The case is Clemons v U.S. Department of Commerce, and the post has a link to the full opinion.
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