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- Baker v. Carr | Oyez
Charles W Baker and other Tennessee citizens alleged that a 1901 law designed to apportion the seats for the state's General Assembly was virtually ignored Baker's suit detailed how Tennessee's reapportionment efforts ignored significant economic growth and population shifts within the state
- Baker v. Carr - Wikipedia
Baker v Carr, 369 U S 186 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that redistricting qualifies as a justiciable question under the Fourteenth Amendment 's equal protection clause, thus enabling federal courts to hear Fourteenth Amendment-based redistricting cases
- Baker v. Carr, 369 U. S. 186 (1962) - Justia U. S. Supreme Court Center
Baker v Carr: Drawing lines around state electoral districts can be reviewed by courts because the political question doctrine does not apply
- Baker v. Carr - Case Summary and Case Brief - Legal Dictionary
Case Summary of Baker v Carr: A Tennessee resident brought suit against the Secretary of State claiming that the failure to redraw the legislative districts every ten years, as outlined in the state constitution, resulted in rural votes holding more votes than urban votes
- Baker v. Carr | History of the Supreme Court
The Baker decision protected individual rights by holding that unequal representation of citizens is unconstitutional and may be reviewed by courts In 1964, the Supreme Court heard six more cases regarding legislative apportionment in Alabama, Colorado, Delaware, Maryland, New York, and Virginia
- Baker v. Carr - Encyclopedia Britannica
Baker v Carr, (1962), U S Supreme Court case that forced the Tennessee legislature to reapportion itself on the basis of population Traditionally, particularly in the South, the populations of rural areas had been overrepresented in legislatures in proportion to those of urban and suburban areas
- Baker v. Carr - Federal Judicial Center
The Case Baker v Carr involved a 1959 challenge to Tennessee’s apportionment plan for its state legislature, which was embodied in a 1901 statute Although the state constitution called for reapportionment every ten years, no proposed plan had passed the legislature in nearly sixty years
- Baker v. Carr (1962) - LII Legal Information Institute
Baker v Carr (1962) is the U S Supreme Court case that held that federal courts could hear cases alleging that a state’s drawing of electoral boundaries, i e redistricting, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution
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