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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... hold the election of delegates to the constitutional convention the registration books of the several precincts , to be used by the managers at that election ; that the plaintiff had failed to register as a voter because , notwithstand ...
... hold the election of delegates to the constitutional convention the registration books of the several precincts , to be used by the managers at that election ; that the plaintiff had failed to register as a voter because , notwithstand ...
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... hold . The cited cases are , however , not in point .... It is that the primary election was held under statu- tory compulsion ; is wholly statutory in origin and incidents ; those charged with its management have been deprived by ...
... hold . The cited cases are , however , not in point .... It is that the primary election was held under statu- tory compulsion ; is wholly statutory in origin and incidents ; those charged with its management have been deprived by ...
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... hold- ing that ... the United States still was not autho- rized to file this suit seems to rest on the emphasis it places on the phrase " otherwise qualified by law " in §1971 ( a ) . By stressing these words , the majority below ...
... hold- ing that ... the United States still was not autho- rized to file this suit seems to rest on the emphasis it places on the phrase " otherwise qualified by law " in §1971 ( a ) . By stressing these words , the majority below ...
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... hold the six county regis- trars jointly liable for what amounted to nothing more than individual torts committed by them separately with reference to separate applicants . For this reason , apparently it would have held the venue ...
... hold the six county regis- trars jointly liable for what amounted to nothing more than individual torts committed by them separately with reference to separate applicants . For this reason , apparently it would have held the venue ...
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... hold that the sections of the Act which are properly before us , are an appropriate means for carrying out Congress ' constitutional responsi- bilities , and are consonant with all other provi- sions of the Constitution . . . . The ...
... hold that the sections of the Act which are properly before us , are an appropriate means for carrying out Congress ' constitutional responsi- bilities , and are consonant with all other provi- sions of the Constitution . . . . The ...
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.