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 …

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 …

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 …

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, (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 …

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 …

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 …

Plaintiff, and Shelby County resident, Charles Baker, alleged that he was denied equal protection under the Fourteenth Amendment, and sued Joe Carr, Tennessee’s Secretary of State. In a 6 …

Baker v. Carr (1962) established the right of federal courts to review redistricting issues, which had previously been termed "political questions" outside the courts' jurisdiction.

Discussion. Baker v. Carr is the first of the cases developing the Supreme Court’s “one person, one vote” legislation. This line of cases helped equalize representation between country and …