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The Court today reaffirms all of the principles of Reynolds v. Sims, 377 U.S. 533 (1964), and its progeny, but refuses, for a combination of reasons unpersuasive to me, to apply those principles to this apportionment scheme. I believe that our recent decisions in Avery v. Midland County, 390 U.S. 474 (1968); Kirkpatrick v. Preisler, 394 U.S. 526 (1969), and Wells v. Rockefeller, 394 U.S. 542 (1969), require reversal, and I therefore dissent.
a desire to preserve the integrity of political subdivisions may justify an apportionment plan which departs from numerical equality. Reynoldsv. Sims, supra, at 578.
it may be feasible to use political subdivision lines to a greater extent in establishing state legislative districts than in congressional districting.
[t]o do so would be constitutionally valid, so long as the resulting apportionment was one based substantially on population and the equal population principle was not diluted in any significant way.
In Kirkpatrick v. Preisler, supra, we explained that, because "[t]oleration of even small deviations detracts from" the constitutional command of "equal representation for equal numbers of people," only those "limited population variances which are unavoidable despite a good faith effort to achieve absolute equality, or for which justification is shown" are permissible. 394 U.S. at 531. "[T]he State must justify each variance, no matter how small." Ibid. On the record presented here, it is clear that such a good faith effort has not been made. Nor can it be said that sufficient justification has been demonstrated for an 11.9% deviation from voting equality.
would permit groups of districts with defined interest orientations to be overrepresented at the expense of districts with different interest orientations.
394 U.S. at 546. That is precisely what we are dealing with here. The attempt to maintain existing town lines has resulted in a variance from equality of 11.9%. I cannot believe that a 0.2% differential is the determining factor in approving this apportionment scheme.
the States universally leave much policy and decisionmaking to their governmental subdivisions. . . . In a word, institutions of local government have always been a major aspect of our system, and their responsible and responsive operation is today of increasing importance to the quality of life of more and more of our citizens.
Avery v. Midland County, 390 U.S. at 481.
Chicago: Brennan, "Brennan, J., Dissenting," Abate v. Mundt, 403 U.S. 182 (1971) in 403 U.S. 182 403 U.S. 188–403 U.S. 189. Original Sources, accessed April 21, 2019, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DD85KXC14XQKQVF.
MLA: Brennan. "Brennan, J., Dissenting." Abate v. Mundt, 403 U.S. 182 (1971), in 403 U.S. 182, pp. 403 U.S. 188–403 U.S. 189. Original Sources. 21 Apr. 2019. www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DD85KXC14XQKQVF.
Harvard: Brennan, 'Brennan, J., Dissenting' in Abate v. Mundt, 403 U.S. 182 (1971). cited in 1971, 403 U.S. 182, pp.403 U.S. 188–403 U.S. 189. Original Sources, retrieved 21 April 2019, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=DD85KXC14XQKQVF.

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