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What has the Supreme Court ruled that districts be equal in?
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Population.
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What court case ruled that state legislature districts must be nearly equal in population?
Reynolds and Sims!
In 1986 the US Supreme Court ruled that the commissioner districts must be drawn on the basis of?
One person, one-vote principle.
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>
What supreme court decision said separate but equal is ok?
In the pivotal case of Plessy v. Ferguson in 1896, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that racially separate facilities, if equal, did not violate the Constitution. Segregation, the Court said, was not discrimination.
How did the Supreme Court's interpretation of the equal protection clause differ in the Plessy Ferguson and Brown v Board of Education rulings?
in plessy, the supreme court ruled that the clause allowed racial segregation; in the brown, it ruled that clause did not allow segregation
In the case of Plessy v. Ferguson the Supreme Court ruled that separate but equal facilities were constitutional however this ruling was overturned by other Supreme Court cases and segregation was fou?
true
What was the outcome of the Brown v board of education of Topeka Supreme Court?
The "separate but equal" doctrine was ruled unconstitutional
How did supreme court’s interpretation of the equal protection clause differ in the plessy v. Ferguson and brown v. Board of education rulings?
in plessy, the supreme court ruled that the clause allowed racial segregation; in the brown, it ruled that clause did not allow segregation
What landmark supreme court case declared that the doctrine of separate but equal was unconstitutional?
Brown vs. The Board of Education ruled that separate but equal was unconstitutional.
What aspect of equal protection did the Supreme Court consider when it ruled against segregation in public schools?
whether providing services or facilities that seemed equal produced equal effects
In 1993 the Supreme Court ruled that the practice of racial gerrymandering violated the?
The Supreme Court prohibited racial gerrymandering in 1993, holding that the practice violated the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause.
What resulting from the supreme court decision in brown v board of education of topeka?
The "separate but equal" doctrine was ruled uncostitional
