similarities between baker v carr and wesberry v sanders

I, which states simply: The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. 610,947350,839260,108, Louisiana(8). ; H.R. http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/10/Baker-V-Carrhttps://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/369/186, http://landmarkcases.c-span.org/Case/10/Baker-V-Carr, https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/369/186. One district, the Ninth, has only 272,154 people, less than one-third as many as the Fifth. 1983 and 1988 and 28 U.S.C. How did this affect access to covering the next war? . Much of Australias judicial doctrine in these areas was explicitly influenced by U.S. Supreme Court decisions. Smiley v. Holm, 285 U.S. 355, Koenig v. Flynn, 285 U.S. 375, and Carroll v. Becker, 285 U.S. 380, concerned the choice of Representatives in the Federal Congress. Which term best describes Switzerland's form of government? This is not a case in which the Court vindicates the kind of individual rights that are assured by the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, whose "vague contours," Rochin v. California, 342 U.S. 165, 170, of course, leave much room for constitutional developments necessitated by changing conditions in a dynamic society. of representatives . . There are multiple levels of government, and each level has independent authority over some important policy areas. Sign up. . The High Court of Australia consists of seven justices. . at 367 (James Madison, Virginia). . This view was articulated in the landmark Engineers case, which held that the federal government could employ its industrial arbitration power (s. 51(xxxv)) to regulate the employment conditions of state employees (Amalgamated Society of Engineers v. Adelaide Steamship Co Ltd, (1920) 28 C.L.R. Even that is not strictly true unless the word "solely" is deleted. . None of his remarks bears on apportionment within the States. [n2], Notwithstanding these findings, a majority of the court dismissed the complaint, citing as their guide Mr. Justice Frankfurter's minority opinion in Colegrove v. Green, 328 U.S. 549, an opinion stating that challenges to apportionment [p4] of congressional districts raised only "political" questions, which were not justiciable. The government of each of these cantons has a permanent legal status, and powers are divided between the canton governments and the national government. [n44] In 1872, Congress required that Representatives, be elected by districts composed of contiguous territory, and containing as [p43] nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants, . . I, 2, of the Constitution of the United States, which provides that "The House of Representatives shall be composed of Members chosen every second Year by the People of the several States . 129, 153). [n13], The question of how the legislature should be constituted precipitated the most bitter controversy of the Convention. These were words of great latitude. Baker petitioned to the Supreme Court of the United States. or [who] have rented a tenement . The constitutional and statutory qualifications for electors in the various States are set out in tabular form in 1 Thorpe, A Constitutional History of the American People 1776-1850 (1898), 93-96. This [p19] Court has so held ever since Smiley v. Holm, 285 U.S. 355 (1932), which is buttressed by two companion cases, Koenig v. Flynn, 285 U.S. 375 (1932), and Carroll v. Becker, 285 U.S. 380 (1932). Nor is this a case in which an emergent set of facts requires the Court to frame new principles to protect recognized constitutional rights. . Switzerland consists of 26 cantons. The General Assembly is currently in session. For a period of about 50 years, therefore, Congress, by repeated legislative act, imposed on the States the requirement that congressional districts be equal in population. 2.Wesberry v. Vandiver, 206 F.Supp. Moreover, Australia has no national bill of rights, only a few scattered guarantees. . . at 457. I, 4. We noted probable jurisdiction. Like the members of an ancient Greek league, each State, without regard to size or population, was given only one vote in that house. . Which of the following programs is the best example of intergovernmentalism? . . I, 2, for election of Representatives "by the People" means that congressional districts are to be, "as nearly as is practicable," equal in population, ante, pp. 7-8, 18. The delegates were well aware of the problem of "rotten boroughs," as material cited by the Court, ante pp. In support of this principle, George Mason of Virginia, argued strongly for an election of the larger branch by the people. at 357. . The assemblage at the Philadelphia Convention was by no means committed to popular government, and few of the delegates had sympathy for the habits or institutions of democracy. Gibbons[p7]v. Ogden, 9 Wheat. at 286, 465-466 (Alexander Hamilton of New York); id. The list of powers in Australia is longer and more detailed, but the basic structure and logic are the same. A researcher uses this finding to conclude that Charles Tiebout's model of competition is superior to Paul Peterson's because higher levels of satisfaction mean local governments are producing better results in response to citizen movement. . Congress exercised its power to regulate elections for the House of Representatives for the first time in 1842, when it provided that Representatives from States "entitled to more than one Representative" should be elected by districts of contiguous territory, "no one district electing more than one Representative." William Samuel Johnson of Connecticut had summed it up well: "in one branch, the people ought to be represented; in the other, the States." an aspect of government from which the judiciary, in view of what is involved, has been excluded by the clear intention of the Constitution. 34. Despite this careful, advertent attention to the problem of congressional districting, Art. In No. . . However, the Court has followed the reasoning of the dissenting justices in those American cases, thus rejecting any implication that districts must have virtually the same population. [p3], Claiming that these population disparities deprived them and voters similarly situated of a right under the Federal Constitution to have their votes for Congressmen given the same weight as the votes of other Georgians, the appellants brought this action under 42 U.S.C. He stated that his proposal was designed to prevent elections at large, which might result in all the representatives being "taken from a small part of the state." 530,507404,695125,812, NewHampshire(2). [n26] The deadlock was finally broken when a majority of the States agreed to what has been called the Great Compromise, [n27] based on a proposal which had been repeatedly advanced by Roger [p13] Sherman and other delegates from Connecticut. at 532 (Elbridge Gerry of Massachusetts). . . (For a book-length discussion, see here.). . . . 802,994177,431625,563, Minnesota(8). In The Federalist, No. Legislature, as it was presumable that the Counties having the power in the former case would secure it to themselves in the latter. Not the rich more than the poor; not the learned more than the ignorant; not the haughty heirs of distinguished names more than the humble sons of obscure and unpropitious fortune. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/baker-v-carr-4774789. . . 2 & 3 & 7 & 3 \\ Equally significant is the fact that the proposed resolution expressly empowering the States to establish congressional districts contains no mention of a requirement that the districts be equal in population. The group claimed The companion cases to Smiley v. Holm presented no different issues, and were decided wholly on the basis of the decision in that case. See Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962) The General Assembly of the Georgia Legislature has been recently reapportioned [*] as a result of the order of the three-judge District Court in Toombs v. Fortson, 205 F.Supp. In some of the States, the difference is very material. The second question, which concerned two congressional apportionment measures, was whether the Act of June 18, 1929, 46 Stat. I, 2, of the Constitution provides that Representatives are to be chosen "by the People of the several States. . . We hold that, construed in its historical context, the command of Art. That is the high standard of justice and common sense which the Founders set for us. 588,933301,872287,061, Colorado(4). . Elected politicians are the real locus of executive power. If the Federal Constitution intends that, when qualified voters elect members of Congress, each vote be given as much weight as any other vote, then this statute cannot stand. Farsighted men felt that a closer union was necessary if the States were to be saved from foreign and domestic dangers. As a result of this The Large States dare not dissolve the confederation. Federal congressional districts must be roughly equal in population to the extent possible. (Emphasis added.) I would enter an additional caveat. . . 1496. . He justified Congress' power with the "plain proposition, that every[p41]government ought to contain, in itself, the means of its own preservation." 5-6. Appellants are qualified voters in Georgia's Fifth Congressional District, the [it] to mean" that the Constitutional Convention had adopted a principle of "one person, one vote" in contravention of the qualifications for electors which the States imposed. The right to vote is too important in our free society to be stripped of judicial protection by such an interpretation of Article I. . Section 5. The States which ratified the Constitution exercised their power. [n42] The requirement was later dropped, [n43] and reinstated. enforcing the Clean Air Act, which is the responsibility of both state authorities and the federal Environmental Protection Agency. Georgias Fifth congressional district had two to three times more voters compared to other Georgia districts. [n40] In the state conventions, speakers urging ratification of the Constitution emphasized the theme of equal representation in the House which had permeated the debates in Philadelphia. [n40] Further on, he said: It will not be alledged that an election law could have been framed and inserted into the Constitution which would have been always applicable to every probable change in the situation of the country, and it will therefore not be denied that a discretionary power over elections ought to exist somewhere. WebWesberry v. Sanders, 376 U.S. 1 (1964) was a U.S. Supreme Court case involving U.S. Congressional districts in the state of Georgia. [p33] Whenever the State Legislatures had a favorite measure to carry, they would take care so to mould their regulations as to favor the candidates they wished to succeed. [n13] It freezes upon both, for no reason other than that it seems wise to the majority of the present Court, a particular political theory for the selection of Representatives. In 1960, the population base was 178,559,217, and the number of Representatives was 435. The Constitution does not confer on the Court blanket authority to step into every situation where the political branch may be thought to have fallen short. Justice Whittaker recused himself. . 16. 951,527216,371735,156, Utah(2). . [n29] After further discussion of districting, the proposed resolution was modified to read as follows: [Resolved] . The remarks of Madison cited by the Court are as follows: The necessity of a Genl. MR. JUSTICE CLARK, concurring in part and dissenting in part. . . (Emphasis added.) The average population of the ten districts is 394,312, less than half that of the Fifth. Judicial standards are already in place for the adjudication of like claims. . The acts in question were filing false election returns, United States v. Mosley, 238 U.S. 383, alteration of ballots and false certification of votes, United States v. Classic, 313 U.S. 299, and stuffing the ballot box, United States v. Saylor, 322 U.S. 385. Most importantly, the history of how the House of Representatives came into being demonstrates that the founders wanted to ensure that each person had an equal voice in the political process in the House of Representatives. In my view, we should therefore vacate this judgment and remand the case for a hearing [p20] on the merits. . . . I, 2, members of the House of Representatives should be chosen "by the People of the several States," and should be "apportioned among the several States . Tennessee had acted "arbitrarily" and "capriciously" in not following redistricting standards, he claimed. Nonetheless, both countries have also developed intergovernmental immunities doctrines that aim to protect both the federal and the state governments from undue interference and to maintain the independence of each, at least to some extent. [n16]. Such failure violates both judicial restraint and separation of powers concerns under the Constitution. . ; H.R. d. Reporters were given less access to cover combat. . . WebAs in Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 , which involved alleged malapportionment of seats in a state legislature, the District Court had jurisdiction of the subject matter; appellants had * Georgia Laws, Sept.-Oct. 1962, Extra.Sess. What is the most valid criticism of this study? from that state [South Carolina], will not be chosen by the people, but will be the representatives of a faction of that state. Section 4. 45. They thought splitting power across multiple levels of government would prevent tyranny. But if they be regulated properly by the state legislatures, the congressional control will very probably never be exercised. Indeed, if the Congress could never agree on any regulations, then certainly no objection to the 4th section can remain; for the regulations introduced by the state legislatures will be the governing rule of elections, until Congress can agree upon alterations. It is whimsical to assert in the face of this guarantee that an absolute principle of "equal representation in the House for equal numbers of people" is "solemnly embodied" in Article I. 2 The Works of James Wilson (Andrews ed. 530,316236,870293,446. [n51], Debates over apportionment in subsequent Congresses are generally unhelpful to explain the continued rejection of such a requirement; there are some intimations that the feeling that districting was a matter exclusively for the States persisted. The progressive elimination of the property qualification is described in Sait, American Parties and Elections (Penniman ed., 1952), 16-17. This diversity would be obviously unjust. The two countries are excellent test cases for comparing federal constitutions precisely because they are so similar and yet different. Further, on in the same number of The Federalist, Madison pointed out the fundamental cleavage which Article I made between apportionment of Representatives among the States and the selection of Representatives within each State: It is a fundamental principle of the proposed Constitution that, as the aggregate number of representatives allotted to the several States is to be determined by a federal rule founded on the aggregate number of inhabitants, so the right of choosing this allotted number in each State is to be exercised by such part of the inhabitants as the State itself may designate. 71. It is not an exaggeration to say that such is the effect of today's decision. redistricting, violates the supra, 93-96. . . State residents could then choose the level of pollution regulation that best suits their residents. at 180, 456 (Hugh Williamson of North Carolina); id. Justice Brennan drew a line between "political questions" and "justiciable questions" by defining the former. The power appears to me satisfactory, and as unlikely to be abused as any part of the Constitution. Only studying the services available to those who move ignores those who do not move. Representatives were to be apportioned among the States on the basis of free population plus three-fifths of the slave population. Pp. The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. In 1901, Tennessee's population totaled just 2,020,616 and only 487,380 residents were eligible to vote. . Cf. I, 2, prevents the state legislatures from districting as they choose? lie prostrate at the mercy of the legislatures of the several states." to be worth as much as another's," ante, p. 8. 13. 369 U.S. at 232. May the State consider factors such as area or natural boundaries (rivers, mountain ranges) which are plainly relevant to the practicability of effective representation? Colegrove v. Green, 328 U.S. 549, 564, and 568, n. 3 (1946). The Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations, except as to the Places of chusing Senators. There are some important differences of course. While "free Persons" and those "bound to Service for a Term of Years" were counted in determining representation, Indians not taxed were not counted, and "three fifths of all other Persons" (slaves) were included in computing the States' populations. It established the right of federal courts to review redistricting issues, . All of the appellants do vote. The Number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty Thousand, but each State shall have at Least one Representative. . The Federalist, No. In the absence of a reapportionment, all the Representatives from a State found to have violated the standard would presumably have to be elected at large. The figure is obtained by dividing the population base (which excludes the population of the District of Columbia, the population of the Territories, and the number of Indians not taxed) by the number of Representatives. Which best describes Federalism as a political system? The key difference between the facts of Baker v. Carr and Wesberry v. Sanders is that the first decided on Representative district while the latter decided on the court that can rule of redistricting. no serious inroads had yet been made upon the privileges of property, which, indeed, maintained in most states a second line of defense in the form of high personal property qualifications required for membership in the legislature. Next, Justice Brennan found that Baker and his fellow plaintiffs had standing to sue because, the voters were alleging "facts showing disadvantage to themselves as individuals.". 1836) (hereafter Elliot's Debates), 11. Baker v. Carr: Supreme Court Case, Arguments, Impact - ThoughtCo . 506,854378,499128,355, Montana(2). Spitzer, Elianna. Popularity with the representative's constituents. . . While those who wanted both houses to represent the people had yielded on the Senate, they had not yielded on the House of Representatives. I, 4, which empowered the "Legislature" of a State to prescribe the regulations for congressional elections meant that a State could not by law provide for a Governor's veto over such regulations as had been prescribed by the legislature. Spitzer, Elianna. The fact is, however, that Georgia's 10 Representatives are elected "by the People" of Georgia, just as Representatives from other States are elected "by the People of the several States." Carr in 1962, the Supreme Court determined that this sort of population disparity violated the federal constitution. During the Revolutionary War, the rebelling colonies were loosely allied in the Continental Congress, a body with authority to do little more than pass resolutions and issue requests for men and supplies. . Australias high court has opined that the states must continue to exist as separate governments exercising independent functions (Melbourne Corporation v. Commonwealth, (1947) 74 CLR 31, 83). I, 4, is the exclusive remedy. . [n25] At last those who supported representation of the people in both houses and those who supported it in neither were brought together, some expressing the fear that, if they did not reconcile their differences, "some foreign sword will probably do the work for us." . Members of the first are elected from each state in proportion to that states population; in the second, each state is represented by the same number of senators (in Australia, it is currently 12 senators for each state, while the two mainland territories have two senators each). The "three-fifths compromise" was a departure from the principle of representation according to the number of inhabitants of a State. 1896) 15. Id. Those issues are distinct, and were separately treated in the Constitution. U.S. Bureau of the Census, Census of Population: 1960 (hereafter, Census), xiv. In short, in the absence of legislation providing for equal districts by the Georgia Legislature or by Congress, these appellants have no right to the judicial relief which they seek. 46. The provisions for apportioning Representatives and direct taxes have been amended by the Fourteenth and Sixteenth Amendments, respectively. 57 (Cooke ed.1961), at 389. Similar bills introduced in the current Congress are H.R. I, 2. 575,385332,844242,541, California(38). (Emphasis added.) In every State, a certain proportion of inhabitants are deprived of this right by the Constitution of the State, who will be included in the census by which the Federal Constitution apportions the representatives. 47. Under the Tennessee Constitution, legislative districts were required to be drawn every ten years. a political system in which both levels of governmentnational and stateare active in nearly all areas of policy and share sovereign authority. Hacker, Congressional Districting (1963), 7-8. . As there stated: It was manifestly the intention of the Congress not to reenact the provision as to compactness, contiguity, and equality in population with respect to the districts to be created pursuant to the reapportionment under the Act of 1929. ; H.R. Which of the following is the best example of a national-level policy serving as a response to a collective-action dilemma among states? This court case was a very critical point in the legal fightfor the principle of One man, one vote. It is surely beyond debate that the Constitution did not require the slave States to apportion their Representatives according to the dispersion of slaves within their borders. Despite the apparent fear that 4 would be abused, no one suggested that it could safely be deleted because 2 made it unnecessary. Can the Supreme Court rule on a case regarding apportionment? This means that federal courts have the authority to hear apportionment cases when plaintiffs allege deprivation of fundamental liberties. 38.See, e.g., 2 Works of Alexander Hamilton (Lodge ed.1904) 25 (statement to New York ratifying convention). . . [n38] This statement was offered simply to show that the slave [p40] population could not reasonably be included in the basis of apportionment of direct taxes and excluded from the basis of apportionment of representation. Decision: The Warren Court reached a 6-2 verdict in favor of Baker. . WebBaker v. Carr, supra, considered a challenge to a 1901 Tennessee statute providing for apportionment of State Representatives and Senators under the State's constitution, which called for apportionment among counties or districts 'according to the number of qualified electors in each.' There is a further basis for demonstrating the hollowness of the Court's assertion that Article I requires "one man's vote in a congressional election . 2, Government in America: Elections and Updates Edition, George C. Edwards III, Martin P. Wattenberg, Robert L. Lineberry, Christina Dejong, Christopher E. Smith, George F Cole, federalism (chapter four) multiple choice que. Those who thought that one branch should represent wealth were told by Roger Sherman of Connecticut that the. We do not deem [Colegrove v. Green] . In addition, the Assembly has created a Joint Congressional Redistricting Study Committee which has been working on the problem of congressional redistricting for several months. The separation of powersespecially the separation of judicial poweris an important principle in Australian constitutional law. IV Elliot's Debates 257. In answering this question, the Court was concerned to carry out the intention of Congress in enacting the 1929 Act.See id. 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