Which of the following is an accurate comparison of the two court cases?Baker v. Carr (1961) - Shaw v. Reno (1993)A. Ruled that
Tennessee violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment - Ruled that North Carolina violated the due process clause of the Fourteenth AmendmentB. Led to the "one-person, one-vote" judicial doctrine - Prohibited oddly-shaped majority-minority districtsC. Decided that the Supreme Court can declare a law unconstitutional - Decided that federal courts can intervene and decide redistricting casesD. Extended the Fourteenth Amendment to apply to the states - Led to an increase in power for the national governmentComparison B
(B) Led to the "one-person, one-vote" judicial doctrine - Prohibited oddly-shaped majority-minority districts
Explanation:
Baker v. Carr (1961) is a Supreme Court case concerning equality in voting districts. Decided in 1962, the ruling established the standard of "one person, one vote" and opened the door for the Court to rule on districting cases.
Shaw v. Reno (1993) In 1991, a group of white voters in North Carolina challenged the state's new congressional district map, which had two “majority-minority” districts. The group claimed that the districts were racial gerrymanders that violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment. In its 1993 decision, the Supreme Court agreed, ruling that race cannot be the predominant factor in creating districts.
The Virginia plan was a plan based on assigning representation to congress based on population sizes. Many small states had deemed this unfair and therefore if the plan had been adopted today, <u>states with larger population would benefit.</u>
