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|date=March 26, 1962 | |date=March 26, 1962 | ||
|subject=Constitutional Law | |subject=Constitutional Law | ||
|other_subjects=Voting | |other_subjects=Voting*state legislatures | ||
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|facts=Prior to this case, '''state legislatures''' weren't organized by populations.<ref>https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics/us-gov-the-national-constitution-center/us-gov-landmark-supreme-court-cases/v/baker-v-carr?modal=1</ref> | |facts=Prior to this case, '''state legislatures''' weren't organized by populations.<ref>https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-government-and-civics/us-gov-the-national-constitution-center/us-gov-landmark-supreme-court-cases/v/baker-v-carr?modal=1</ref> | ||
In ''Colegrove v. Green'', (1946), SCOTUS claimed that redistributing is a political question. SCOTUS won't decide on re-districting. | In ''Colegrove v. Green'', (1946), SCOTUS claimed that redistributing is a political question. SCOTUS won't decide on re-districting. | ||
|procedural_history= | |procedural_history=This case originated in Tennessee. | ||
|issues=Whether an equal protection challenge to malapportionment of state legislatures is a non-justiciable political question. | |||
|issues=Whether an equal protection challenge to | |||
|holding=Re-districting is a justiciable issue for SCOTUS. | |holding=Re-districting is a justiciable issue for SCOTUS. | ||
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|link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/baker-v-carr | |link=https://www.quimbee.com/cases/baker-v-carr | ||
|case_text_source=Quimbee video summary | |||
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==References== | ==References== | ||
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