The main implication here is that the policy making decision tree needs to change. Whereas before it was: Do we have the political will to enact this from sea

The main implication here is that the policy making decision tree needs to change. Whereas before it was: Do we have the political will to enact this from sea to shining sea via Federal legislation? -> YES/NO -> Can we enact this from sea to shining sea via fiat through an existing administrative agency? -> YES/NO -> Can we enact this from sea to shining sea via the SCOTUS? -> YES/NO -> Can we enact this policy gradually via the States? -> YES/NO Now it is: Do we have the political will to enact this policy from sea to shining sea via Federal legislation? -> YES/NO -> Can we enact this policy gradually via the States? -> YES/NO The States themselves don't have the "malapportionment" problem, and insofar as Congress does, it's because the system was always set up for change to occur from the bottom-up, not the top-down. The EU refers to this as subsidiarity [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity_(European_Union) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subsidiarity_(European_Union)]. Congress is structured in exactly the same way as the EU, as well as other federations like Australia and Switzerland.