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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... alleging that the plaintiff was at the time , under the constitution and laws of the state of South Carolina and the ... alleged by the plaintiff in any action against the managers of an election for refusing his vote . The complaint in ...
... alleging that the plaintiff was at the time , under the constitution and laws of the state of South Carolina and the ... alleged by the plaintiff in any action against the managers of an election for refusing his vote . The complaint in ...
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... allegations of the bill , this part of the Constitution , as practically administered and as intended to be administered ... alleged to involve damage to that amount , capable of estimation in money . But , assuming that the allegation ...
... allegations of the bill , this part of the Constitution , as practically administered and as intended to be administered ... alleged to involve damage to that amount , capable of estimation in money . But , assuming that the allegation ...
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... alleged in the bill . There- fore , we are not prepared to say that the decree should be affirmed on the ground that the sub- ject - matter is wholly beyond the jurisdiction of the circuit court . The other difficulty is of a different ...
... alleged in the bill . There- fore , we are not prepared to say that the decree should be affirmed on the ground that the sub- ject - matter is wholly beyond the jurisdiction of the circuit court . The other difficulty is of a different ...
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... alleged state action seeking to nullify the force and effect of the constitutional amend ments protecting the right of suffrage . The first ground of sustaining the demurrer is , in effect , that , conceding the allegations of the ...
... alleged state action seeking to nullify the force and effect of the constitutional amend ments protecting the right of suffrage . The first ground of sustaining the demurrer is , in effect , that , conceding the allegations of the ...
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... alleged in respect to the Constitu- tion , the purpose of the dominant party , the ac- tion of the convention , the refusal to submit the proposed Constitution to the vote of the people , and the registration ordinance , were all stated ...
... alleged in respect to the Constitu- tion , the purpose of the dominant party , the ac- tion of the convention , the refusal to submit the proposed Constitution to the vote of the people , and the registration ordinance , were all stated ...
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.