The Constitution Project: One Person, One Vote
In a series of landmark decisions in the 1960s, the Supreme Court established the principle of one person, one vote. In this documentary, Justices Sandra Day O’Connor and Stephen G. Breyer and other experts discuss the political environment that generated the decisions in Baker v. Carr and Reynolds v. Sims and the Court’s application of the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment in deciding reapportionment cases. Length: 26 minutes
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