Baker v. Carr
Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that redistricting (attempts to change the way voting districts are delineated) issues present justiciable questions, thus enabling federal courts to intervene in and to decide redistricting cases. The defendants unsuccessfully argued that redistricting of legislative districts is a "political question", and hence not a question that may be resolved by federal courts.
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Baker v. Carr
Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962), was a landmark United States Supreme Court case that decided that redistricting (attempts to change the way voting districts are delineated) issues present justiciable questions, thus enabling federal courts to intervene in and to decide redistricting cases. The defendants unsuccessfully argued that redistricting of legislative districts is a "political question", and hence not a question that may be resolved by federal courts.
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Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1 ...... her than geographic districts.
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The redistricting of state leg ...... iciable by the federal courts.
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U.S. Const. amend. XIV; U.S. Const. art. III; ; Tenn. Const. art. II
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Colegrove v. Green, 328 U.S. 549
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Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1 ...... be resolved by federal courts.
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Charles W. Baker et al. v. Joe. C. Carr et al.
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