Smiley V. Holm
''Smiley v. Holm'', , was a decision of the Supreme Court of the United States involving a governor's power to veto a Redistricting in the United States, congressional redistricting proposal passed by a state's legislature. In an opinion by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, the Court unanimously held that the U.S. Constitution did not prohibit Minnesota's governor from vetoing that state's redistricting map. Background The U.S. Constitution states that seats in the United States House of Representatives, House of Representatives "shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this Union, according to their respective Numbers....The Times, Places, and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such regulations...". After each decennial United States census, census, House seats are reapportioned to take account of cha ...
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