AP Gov: Unit Baker v Carr and Shaw v Reno

What did Baker v. Carr establish?

• State courts have the decision in redistricting cases

• Federal courts have the decision in redistricting cases

This case speaks about "One Man, One Vote"

• Maryland v. Mcculloch

• Shaw v Reno

• Baker v. Carr

• Marbury v. Madison

Opened the door to equal protection challenges to redistricting and the development of the "one person, one vote" doctrine by ruling that challenges to redistricting did not raise "political questions" that would keep federal courts from reviewing such challenges

• Baker v. Carr

• Shaw v. Reno

• Gideon v. Wainwright

• Marbury v. Madison

Legislative redistricting must be conscious of race and ensure compliance with the Voting Rights Act of 1965, but race may not be the sole rationale behind redistricting decisions

• Baker v. Carr

• Shaw v. Reno

• Mc Donald v. Chicago

• Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission

a. Supreme Court said that states could take race into account, but it cannot be the sole factor for drawing districts lines.

• Wisconsin v. Yoder

• Baker v. Carr

• Shaw v. Reno

• McDonald v. Chicago

What is the Supreme Court case that said that federal courts could hear cases over redistricting?

• Shaw v. Reno

• Baker v. Carr

• McDonald v. Chicago

• United States v. Lopez

What is redistricting?

• the process of establishing the number of representatives in the U.S. Senate
• the process of drawing United States and state  electoral district boundaries
• the idea that all states should have an equal number of people in Congress
• the use of the Census to determine who should run for office

Reapportionment is:

• When district boundaries are drawn in order to benefit the party in power and help it stay in power

• When seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed among states because of changes in population

• When district boundaries are redrawn to reflect changes in population.

• A measurement of the US population that occurs every ten years

Gerrymandering is:

• When district boundaries are drawn in order to benefit the party in power and help it stay in power

• When seats in the House of Representatives are redistributed among states because of changes in population

• When district boundaries are redrawn to reflect changes in population.

• A measurement of the US population that occurs every ten years

a type of government in presidential systems, when control of the executive branch and the legislative branch is split between two parties

• divided government

• bicameralism

• unicameralism