FACTS: Plaintiff Charles Baker (“Baker”) filed a suit that challenged the malapportionment of the State legislatures failure to proportionally redraw legislative voting districts. He argued that since 1901 the census had not been used to redraw congressional district lines and that representation of each district was unproportionable compared to the number of citizens residing in each district. Baker files suit against Secretary of State, stating his argument that rural votes counted more which denied him equal protection of the law. The State of Tennessee claimed redistricting is a political question and could not be decided by the courts under the Constitution. Baker appeals taking his case to the Supreme Court stating that the law violates
