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 55
... state legislature in de- signing the geographical districts from which representatives are chosen either for the state leg- islature or for the federal House of Representa- tives . Nor does it include the related problems of Gomillion v ...
... state legislature in de- signing the geographical districts from which representatives are chosen either for the state leg- islature or for the federal House of Representa- tives . Nor does it include the related problems of Gomillion v ...
Página 57
... State is deal- ing with a distinct class and treats the members of that class equally does not end the judicial inquiry . The theory underlying the State's first conten- tion is that the Texas constitutional provision is necessary to ...
... State is deal- ing with a distinct class and treats the members of that class equally does not end the judicial inquiry . The theory underlying the State's first conten- tion is that the Texas constitutional provision is necessary to ...
Página 60
... state laws unconstitu- tional as violations of federal constitutional pro- visions and statutes ; ( 2 ) to find that ... state's voting laws as such , however discriminatory they might be . We can find no possible justification for such ...
... state laws unconstitu- tional as violations of federal constitutional pro- visions and statutes ; ( 2 ) to find that ... state's voting laws as such , however discriminatory they might be . We can find no possible justification for such ...
Página 61
... state . The District Court accepted the State's argument that this meant that a state can be made a defendant in such a case only when the office of registrar is vacant , so that there is no registrar against whom to file suit . This ...
... state . The District Court accepted the State's argument that this meant that a state can be made a defendant in such a case only when the office of registrar is vacant , so that there is no registrar against whom to file suit . This ...
Página 63
... State were Negroes , the State had put into effect a successful policy of denying Negro citi- zens the right to vote ... State's white pri- mary law kept Negroes from voting in the Demo- cratic Party primary election , the only election ...
... State were Negroes , the State had put into effect a successful policy of denying Negro citi- zens the right to vote ... State's white pri- mary law kept Negroes from voting in the Demo- cratic Party primary election , the only election ...
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.