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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... qualified person as an elector for Presi- dent or Vice - President , or as a member of the Con- gress of the United States , or to injure any citizen in person or property on account of such support or advocacy , each of such persons ...
... qualified person as an elector for Presi- dent or Vice - President , or as a member of the Con- gress of the United States , or to injure any citizen in person or property on account of such support or advocacy , each of such persons ...
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... qualified voter and entitled to be registered as such . That legal inference is necessary to complete the case as stated ; and the sufficiency of the statement must depend on whether all the positive qualifications required by law are ...
... qualified voter and entitled to be registered as such . That legal inference is necessary to complete the case as stated ; and the sufficiency of the statement must depend on whether all the positive qualifications required by law are ...
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... qualified voter . The cases of Murphy and Barlow are alike in substance . In Murphy's case the allegations are " that he has not , since more than three years prior to March 22 , 1882 , married or entered into any marriage contract or ...
... qualified voter . The cases of Murphy and Barlow are alike in substance . In Murphy's case the allegations are " that he has not , since more than three years prior to March 22 , 1882 , married or entered into any marriage contract or ...
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... qualified voter of any state , or of any territory , from freely exercising the right of suffrage , or by any such means induces any voter to refuse to exercise such right , or compels , or in- duces , by any such means , any officer of ...
... qualified voter of any state , or of any territory , from freely exercising the right of suffrage , or by any such means induces any voter to refuse to exercise such right , or compels , or in- duces , by any such means , any officer of ...
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... qualified elector of the state , shows that the action is brought under the Constitution and laws of the United States . By the constitution of South Carolina , every male citizen of the age of twenty - one years and upwards , who has ...
... qualified elector of the state , shows that the action is brought under the Constitution and laws of the United States . By the constitution of South Carolina , every male citizen of the age of twenty - one years and upwards , who has ...
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.