Supreme Court Cases on Political Representation, 1787-2001M.E. Sharpe, 2002 - 808 páginas Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Voters and Voting -- 2 Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests -- 3 Apportionment and Redistricting -- 4 The Decennial Census -- 5 Seeking Public Office -- 6 Political Parties -- 7 Campaign Contributions, Finance, and Spending -- 8 Electors, Elections, and Challenges to Electoral Outcomes -- 9 Election Judges, Inspectors, and Canvassing Boards -- 10 Accountability and Holding Legislative Elective Office -- 11 First Amendment Implications -- 12 Initiatives, Referenda, and the Right of Political Advocacy -- 13 Legislative Inquiries and Political Rights -- 14 Loyalty Tests and Oaths of Political Allegiance -- 15 Forms of Government -- 16 Other Cases Related to Political Rights -- Appendix A: The Constitution of the United States of America -- Appendix B: Table of Cases -- Appendix C: Bibliography -- Appendix D: Index -- About the Editor |
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... granted or secured by the Constitution of the United States , but the last has been . Inasmuch , therefore , as it does not appear in these counts that the intent of the defendants was to prevent these parties from exercising their ...
... granted or secured by the Constitution of the United States , but the last has been . Inasmuch , therefore , as it does not appear in these counts that the intent of the defendants was to prevent these parties from exercising their ...
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... granted . Appeal dismissed .... Williams v . State of Mississippi 170 U.S. 213 ( 1898 ) There is an allegation of the purpose of the convention to disfranchise citizens of the colored race ; but with this we have no concern , unless the ...
... granted . Appeal dismissed .... Williams v . State of Mississippi 170 U.S. 213 ( 1898 ) There is an allegation of the purpose of the convention to disfranchise citizens of the colored race ; but with this we have no concern , unless the ...
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... granted to Congress by the Fifteenth Amendment , for it declares a punishment upon any- one who , by means of bribery , prevents another to whom the right of suffrage is guaranteed by such amendment from exercising that right . But that ...
... granted to Congress by the Fifteenth Amendment , for it declares a punishment upon any- one who , by means of bribery , prevents another to whom the right of suffrage is guaranteed by such amendment from exercising that right . But that ...
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... granted would not only be valid , but demanded . It is the conception of the legislation under review that such an act may bring the government into embarrassments , and , it may be , into controversies . It is as voluntary and ...
... granted would not only be valid , but demanded . It is the conception of the legislation under review that such an act may bring the government into embarrassments , and , it may be , into controversies . It is as voluntary and ...
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... , applied for and were granted registration as qualified voters in Baltimore City . To have their names stricken from the list Oscar Leser and others brought this suit in the court of common pleas . 44 CHAPTER 1 : VOTERS AND VOTING.
... , applied for and were granted registration as qualified voters in Baltimore City . To have their names stricken from the list Oscar Leser and others brought this suit in the court of common pleas . 44 CHAPTER 1 : VOTERS AND VOTING.
Contenido
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Poll Taxes and Literacy Tests | 119 |
Apportionment and Redistricting | 136 |
The Decennial Census | 302 |
Seeking Public Office | 323 |
Political Parties | 351 |
Campaign Contributions Finance and Spending | 424 |
Electors Elections and Challenges to Electoral Outcomes | 456 |
Initiatives Referenda and the Right of Political Advocacy | 572 |
Legislative Inquiries and Political Rights | 637 |
Loyalty Tests and Oaths of Political Allegiance | 667 |
Forms of Government | 698 |
Other Cases Related to Political Rights | 728 |
The Constitution of the United States of America | 765 |
Table of Cases | 781 |
Bibliography | 791 |
Election Judges Inspectors and Canvassing Boards | 485 |
Accountability and Holding Legislative Elective Office | 508 |
First Amendment Implications | 552 |
Index | 795 |
About the Editor | 807 |
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Supreme Court Cases on Political Representation, 1787-2001 Christopher A. Anzalone Vista previa limitada - 2016 |
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Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 494 - Whenever any person has engaged or there are reasonable grounds to believe that any person is about to engage in any act or practice...
Página 676 - ... that he is not a member of the Communist Party or affiliated with such party, and that he does not believe in, and is not a member of or supports any organization that believes in or teaches, the overthrow of the United States Government by force or by any illegal or unconstitutional methods.
Página 60 - Columbia for a declaratory judgment that such qualification, prerequisite, standard, practice, or procedure does not have the purpose and will not have the effect of denying or abridging the right to vote on account of race or color...
Página 141 - We hold that, as a basic constitutional standard, the Equal Protection Clause requires that the seats in both houses of a bicameral state legislature must be apportioned on a population basis.
Página 625 - ... to produce papers upon any matter under inquiry before either house, or any committee of either house of Congress, willfully makes default, or who, having appeared, refuses to answer any question pertinent to the question under inquiry, shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not more than one thousand dollars nor less than one hundred dollars, and imprisonment in a common jail for not less than one month nor more than twelve months.
Página 160 - It might well be that, designedly or otherwise, a multi-member constituency apportionment scheme, under the circumstances of a particular case, would operate to minimize or cancel out the voting strength of racial or political elements of the voting population.