| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1965 - Страниц: 1366
...analyze the three amendments in other SJ Kes. 2 goes beyond nullifying the constitutional requireme "that the seats in both houses of a bicameral State legislature must apportioned on a population basis." The amendment specifically states that "the right and power determine... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1968 - Страниц: 970
...scries of decisions in Reynolds y. Sims and related cases Is which the Supreme Court ruled that the equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment "requires...carving out legislative districts may be Impossible, apportionment* must be "based substantially on population." In a March 18, 1963, decision In Cray v.... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1968 - Страниц: 688
...protection; our oath and our office require no less of us." Therefore: TT "[T]he Equal Protection Clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral...legislature must be apportioned on a population basis." QED Those who point to the composition of the national legislature as an analogy to which the states... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1968 - Страниц: 260
...second category seek a convention to propose an amendment to set aside the rule in Reynolds v. Sims that both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis. These seek consideration of an amendment to allow one house to be apportioned on factors other than... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1973 - Страниц: 362
...Justice Warren said : "We hold that, as a basic constitutional standard, the equal protection clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apport1oned on a population basis. Simply stated, an individual's right to vote for state legislators... | |
| United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources - 1978 - Страниц: 106
...United States Constitution. "We hold that as basic constitutional standard, the Equal Protection Clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral...legislature must be apportioned on a population basis. Reynolds v. Sims, 337 US, at 568, 84 S. Ct. at 1385." Section 5 (a) of the Organic Act of Guam, as... | |
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