In Baker v. Carr (1962), the Supreme Court ruled that ________
A. state legislatures could be malapportioned as long as the most populous district had no more than twice as many residents as the least populous district
B. voters have standing to challenge legislative apportionment
C. majority-minority districts were unconstitutional
D. apportionment cannot be on the basis of regions or geography in state legislatures
E. it is legal to take race and ethnicity into consideration when redistricting
B
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