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What court case ruled that state legislature districts must be nearly equal in population?
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Reynolds and Sims!
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What has the Supreme Court ruled that districts be equal in?
Population.
What resulted from the supreme court decisions in Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims?
The Supreme Court decisions in Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims resulted in more equal representation. In Reynolds v. Sims, the court stated that state legislature districts had to be approximately equal in terms of population.
The US Supreme Court has influenced representative government by ruling that?
congressional districts should be approximately equal in population
Which court has the jurisdiction in the districts of Indiana Illinois and Wisconsin?
The U.S. Court of Appeals has jurisdiction in the districts of Indiana, Illinois, and Wisconsin.
What did the US Supreme Court rule Congressional districts must have an equal number of?
Congressional districts must have nearly the same number of residents. This can't be exact because districts are reapportioned after the census every ten years.
Longstanding patterns of wide population variation among congressional districts came to an end as a result of the?
Supreme Court decision in Wesberry v. Sanders
What is the role of a legislature when interpreting a statute?
The Legislature doesn't interpret the statute. The Court does.
What year Gerrymandering was outlawed by Wesberry v Sanders?
Wesberry v. Sanders was settled by the Supreme Court in 1964. It didn't outlaw Gerrymandering, it instituted the "one person, one vote" rule which forces all congressional districts have nearly the same population. Gerrymandering hasn't been outlawed.
How many Superior Court judges does NC have?
46 Superior court districts
Westbury v Sanders?
US Supreme Court decision of 1964 dealing with apportionment of Congressional districts. After a suit against Georgia's apportionment statute was dismissed by the federal circuit court, the case was appealed to the Supreme Court. The Court ruled that all Congressional districts must be equal in size of voting population. The Georgia statute was declared invalid because its unequal apportionment gave greater voting power to residents of certain districts. source: <a href="http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Westberry+v.+Sanders">Wesberry v. Sanders</a>
How many districts are there in the federal court system?
10
Which court has jurisdiction in the districts of Indiana and illonois and Wisconsin?
The United States of Appeals for the seventh Circuit has jurisdiction in the districts of Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin. This is also a federal court.
