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

What caused Baker to create this case?

• He felt his voice was not being heard

• He was mad a law that he favored did not get passed

Baker case showed how...

• Tennessee kept up with population shifts and economic growth within the states.

• Tennessee ignored the population shifts and economic growth within the states.

This case helped shape the idea "One Man, One Vote"

• Maryland v. Mcculloch

• Shaw v Reno

• Baker v. Carr

• US v. Lopez

The census determines population and is used in the reapportionment process

• True

• False

Which Amendment stated, "No state shall deny its citizens equal protection under the law"?

• The 13th Amendment

• The 20th Amendment

• The 14th Amendment

• The 17th Amendment

• None of the above

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

• Shaw v. Reno

• Baker v. Carr

The Supreme Court case Shaw v. Reno had to do with Racial Gerrymandering. What provision of the constitution did the plaintiffs claim was violated?

• Supremacy Clause

• Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment

• Necessary & Proper Clause

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 Supreme Court case that the government has powers that are not expressly defined in the constitution because of the Necessary & Proper clause?

• Marbury v. Madison

• Shaw v. Reno

• New York Times v. United States

• McCulloch v. Maryland