Wade v. Nolan

*690NESBETT, Chief Justice.

The principal question presented by this :appeal is whether the Governor of Alaska ■was authorized by the Alaska Constitution -to reapportion the Alaska Senate on an interim basis after United States Supreme •Court decisions had declared invalid “froz■en” area apportionment plans such as that •provided by Section 2, Article XIV of the Alaska Constitution.

In the historic decision of Baker v. Carr,1 decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 26, 1962 it ■was held that the apportionment of a state legislature was subject to review by the •courts for a…