Christopher Jackman and Winfield Chasmar, Jr., Plaintiffs-Appellants v. John M. Bodine, County Clerk of Warren…

Summary

The New Jersey Supreme Court held that New Jersey's constitutional scheme of one senator per county and a population‑based General Assembly violates the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, reversed the lower court, and ordered the legislature to reapportion both houses on a population basis with specific deadlines, while reserving the question of the exclusive method for constitutional amendment to a convention. Justice Haneman, in a concurring opinion, agreed with the result but expressed disagreement with the majority's reliance on Reynolds v. Sims and would have upheld the existing legislative structure.