Foreword
In the 1961 case Reynolds v. Sims, the Supreme Court ruled that every American’s vote, no matter where they live, should have roughly equal influence. Calling it the principle of “one person, one vote,” the Court said that governments, when they set about determining the boundaries of voting districts for Congress and State legislatures, following the national census every 10 years, should as much as possible make the populations living within those districts equal. The goal is to prevent some citizens from having more influence in elections than others. Since then, the Court has issued numerous decisions further detailing what…
