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Why did the US Supreme Court rule against the state of Tennessee in Baker v. Carr?

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Tennessee had not redistricted since 1901, keeping rural districts in power.
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Tennessee had not redistricted since 1901, keeping rural districts in power.

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The Baker v. Carr case placed the one man, one vote principle. The United States Supreme Court heard the Baker v. Carr case in 1962. Before this Supreme Court verdict, most legislative districts across Ohio and in many other states did not have related population numbers. Supreme Court case concluded that redistricting concerns present justifiable issues, thus allowing federal courts to interrupt in and to resolve redistricting cases.

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