27 Dez 1962 Jahr - Warren court: reapportionment

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[Baker v Carr] (1962) common practice of one house in state legislature (usually senate) having districts that strongly favor rural areas to disadvantage of cities- ruled unconstitutional; furthered this idea in later cases, w principle of ‘one man one vote’ pushing for election districts to be redrawn to provide equal representation for all citizens

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