BAKER V. CARR, 369 U.S. 186 (1962)

Authors

Henry L. Chambers, Jr., University of RichmondFollow

Abstract

Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962) marked the U.S. Supreme Court's entry into the "political thicket" of apportionment and electoral politics that Justice Felix Frankfurter, in his opinion in Colegroe v. Green, 328 U.S. 549 (1946), warned the Court that it should avoid.

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2008

Recommended Citation

Henry L. Chambers, Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186 (1962), in Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States (D. Tanenhaus ed., Macmillan 2008).