Baker v. Carr (January 01, 1962 - December 02, 1962)

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369 U.S. 186

Concepts Reapportionment/Equal Protection/Voting Rights

By a 6-2 ruling the Supreme Court of the United States agreed that Tennessee’s failure to reapportion their voting districts had created electoral districts for the state legislature of unequal population. Individuals living in the cities, although with larger populations, were underrepresented while those living in the country, with a smaller population, held the majority of representation. Two thirds of the State Senate was elected by only one third of the state population. The Court ruled this clearly deprived voters of equal protection found in the Fourteenth Amendment’s Equal Protection Clause.

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Baker v. Carr(1) by acehigh on 2005-09-16
Baker v. Carr(2) by lsamuel on 2005-09-16
Baker v. Carr(3) by levine on 2005-09-16
Baker v. Carr(4) by jgould on 2005-09-16
Baker v. Carr(5) by pipers on 2005-09-16
Baker v. Carr(6) by acehigh on 2005-09-16