How Does the U.S. Congress, as it Exists in its Current Structure, Support and/or Limit Authentic Representation?

The way Congress support authentic representation of the people is by representatives and senators being elected into their positions.  This lets the public determine who they want in the Senate and House of Representatives rather than other political parties voting for who they think should be in the Senate or House of Representatives.  The Senate makes sure each state is represented in Congress, while the littler areas within each are made sure they are represented by the House of Representatives.

Congress limits the authentic representation of people by not having an exact profile of the citizens its members represent.  There are some populations with too much representation.  Some of these populations are most likely males, college educated, white, wealthy, professional and business people.  Other populations are not represented or if they are they are disproportionately represented.  Some of the populations would likely to include Hispanics, Blacks, poor, high school educated, and homeless.  I don’t see those who are being over-represented really trying to work towards the interests of those are not represented or are disproportionately represented.

Congress is allowed to pick Supreme Court judges.  That is another way Congress limited authentic representation of people.  Since the majority of Congress are wealthy, white, males they more than likely will want to pick Supreme Court judges like themselves.  That isn’t right at all.  They should have a more open mind about others.

I came across an article on Supreme Court judges and American Indians.  The American Indian population would like to be represented in the Supreme Court.  Currently there are no American Indians in the Supreme Court.  They often are misunderstood.  A lot of American Indian judges or lawyers spend all their lives helping their tribes or public interest groups, while tribal experience is misunderstood and dismissed. 

Elena Kagan is perhaps the most qualified American Indian to be considered for the Supreme Court.  Congress was against having Elena on it.  This was a devastating blow because it could have further made history.  There are 860 Supreme Court judges and not one is American Indian.  How is that truly having presentation for everyone?  How can we finally have adequate and equal presentation of Senate, House of Representatives, and Supreme Court?

American Indians Ask for Voice on Federal Court - http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2010/07/02/american-indians-ask-for-voice-on-federal-court?PageNr=2