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| − | *[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=369&invol=186 Case] at FindLaw | + | *[http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=us&vol=369&invol=186 Case] at FindLaw |
[[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]] | [[category:United States Supreme Court Cases]] | ||
Revision as of 01:43, November 1, 2009
In Baker v. Carr, 269 U.S. 186 (1962), the U.S. Supreme Court held that courts could redraw the boundaries of legislative districts. This altered the democratic control over redistricting that existed since the Constitution was adopted.
Justice William Brennan wrote this decision for the Warren Court, declaring that it was the "responsibility of this Court as ultimate interpreter of the Constitution."
Justice Felix Frankfurter, joined by Justice John Harlan II, complained in dissent that this was "a massive repudiation of the experience of our past in asserting destructively novel judicial power."
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- Case at FindLaw