Supreme Court/ SC Cases

Question 1

Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Simms

Answer 1

both maintained the “one person, one vote” principle
Baker v. Carr (1962) is the U.S. Supreme Court case that held that federal courts could hear cases alleging that a state’s drawing of electoral boundaries, i.e. redistricting, violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution.

Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533, was a landmark United States Supreme Court case in which the Court ruled that the electoral districts of state legislative chambers must be roughly equal in population. Wikipedia

Question 2

What is an amicus curiae brief? What does this have to do with interest groups?

Answer 2

a persuasive attempt written by a third party who has a stake in the case, an attempt to lobby the court.

Lets people know there are people fighting for them ideologically