 However, the old means of electing legislators with state senators decided by county boundaries was deemed unconstitutional by the Supreme Court of the United States.Under this system, a county with a large population made equal to a county with a small population in having only one senator.The Supreme Court in "Baker v. Carr" 369 U.S. 186 (1962) and "Reynolds v. Simms", 377 U.S. 533 (1964) found this to violate the "one-man, one-vote" doctrine embodied in the Federal Constitution's 14th Amendment Equal Protection Clause.