Silver v. Jordan

Since the historic pronouncement by the Supreme Court of the United States in Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, 82 S.Ct. 691, 7 L.Ed.2d 663 (decided March 26, .1962), the federal courts of the United States have been literally flooded with suits by voters, alleging either “the debasement” of their vote by state legislative action, or by the failure or alleged inability of the state legislature to act pursuant to constitutional requirements, which in either event have resulted in “invidious discrimination” against the litigant, and others in his class, which amounts to or results in a violation of…