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Reapportionment : An Oregon History And A Critique Of Baker Vs Carr, Ann Frissell Lackey
Reapportionment : An Oregon History And A Critique Of Baker Vs Carr, Ann Frissell Lackey
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This study explores the ways in which federal and state authorities have sought to deal with a difficult problem of political power in the context of the U.S. Constitution. Oregon reapportionment history offers an appropriate introduction to a critique of the national reapportionment decisions of Baker vs Carr and Reynolds vs Sims. Its Constitution stipulated population and the ratio derived from a population based formula were the means by which apportionment was to be determined and noncompliance had been particularly evident from 1933 to 1952. Also, by the initiative process and a decision by the Oregon Supreme Court, Oregon had …