... the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In Reynolds, Mr. Chief Justice Warren said : "We hold that, as a basic constitutional standard, the equal protection clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral state legislature... Reconfirmation of Federal Judges: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on ... - Page 31by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary. Subcommittee on Constitutional Amendments - 1973 - 347 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - 1366 pages
...— established the one-man, i principle. The Court declared "as a basic constitutional standard, tin protection clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral S ¡shi I ure must be apportioned on a population basis * * *." As a result of that decision, we now... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1968 - 688 pages
...protected rights demands judicial protection; our oath and our office require no less of us." Therefore: TT "[T]he Equal Protection Clause requires that the seats...legislature must be apportioned on a population basis." QED Those who point to the composition of the national legislature as an analogy to which the states... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1968 - 970 pages
...related cases Is which the Supreme Court ruled that the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment "requires that the seats In both houses of a bicameral...legislature must be apportioned on a population basis," and that while "mathematical exactness of precision" In carving out legislative districts may be Impossible,... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1968 - 260 pages
...assertion of jurisdiction in Baker v. Carr, supra. In the case of Reynolds v. Sims' the Court held that, "as a basic constitutional standard, the Equal Protection Clause requires that both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis." * Explaining... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1973 - 362 pages
...legislature to be elected on a basis other than population was rejected as inapposite and in violation of the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment....both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apport1oned on a population basis. Simply stated, an individual's right to vote for state legislators... | |
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