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Why did the court dismiss the case Baker v. Carr?

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Charles Baker, a voter, brought suit against the state (Joe Carr was a state official in charge of elections) in federal district court, claiming that the dilution of his vote as a result of the state's failure to reapportion violated the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution.The court dismissed the complaint on the grounds that it could not decide a political question.

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