Van Sickle v. Shanahan

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• adopting standards for political questions stated in Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, 210, 217, 7 L. Ed. 2d 663, 82 S. Ct. 691 [1962]
• adopting standards for political questions stated in Baker v. Carr, 369 U.S. 186, 210, 217, 82 S.Ct. 691, 7 L.Ed.2d 663, [1962]
• reviewing Kansas constitutional amendment under US Const, Art IV, § 4.
• reviewing Kansas constitutional amendment under U.S. Const., Art. IV, § 4.
• characterizing determination of the political question issue as jurisdictional—a question of law
• “[a] republican form of government is a government administered by representatives chosen or appointed by the people or by their authority”

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