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Baker v. Carr

Baker v. Carr (369 U.S. 186 1962) was a case before the Supreme Court of the United States which decided that reapportionment issues (attempts to change the way voting districts are deliminated) does present a federal question, thus enabling federal courts to decide reapportionment cases. The plaintiffs unsuccessfully argued this is a political question and is not a federally justiciable question.

See also: List of United States Supreme Court cases