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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Página 8
... held ac- cording to law by the people of the said State of Louisiana , in said State , to - wit , on the fourth day of November , 1872 , and at divers other elections by the people of the State , also before that time had and held ...
... held ac- cording to law by the people of the said State of Louisiana , in said State , to - wit , on the fourth day of November , 1872 , and at divers other elections by the people of the State , also before that time had and held ...
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... held for choice of representative in the Congress of the United States . But that was not , except by infer- ence , a charge that the defendant in fact voted for representative in Congress . He may have voted only for state officers ...
... held for choice of representative in the Congress of the United States . But that was not , except by infer- ence , a charge that the defendant in fact voted for representative in Congress . He may have voted only for state officers ...
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... held , as the bill alleged , on the third Tuesday of August , 1895 , of delegates to the constitutional convention of South Carolina . Before this appeal was taken by the plaintiff from the decree of the circuit court of appeals ...
... held , as the bill alleged , on the third Tuesday of August , 1895 , of delegates to the constitutional convention of South Carolina . Before this appeal was taken by the plaintiff from the decree of the circuit court of appeals ...
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... held therein , and any person so duly registered shall , while so registered , be qualified to vote at any municipal election held in said city ; said registration shall in all other re- spects conform to the laws of the state of Mary ...
... held therein , and any person so duly registered shall , while so registered , be qualified to vote at any municipal election held in said city ; said registration shall in all other re- spects conform to the laws of the state of Mary ...
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... held to cover elections of federal officers , it extended to all elections . It referred to conspiracies only as incident to its main purpose of punishing any obstruction to voting at any election in any state . The power was doubtful ...
... held to cover elections of federal officers , it extended to all elections . It referred to conspiracies only as incident to its main purpose of punishing any obstruction to voting at any election in any state . The power was doubtful ...
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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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.