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 16
... persons entitled to vote , " and ascertain in all cases upon what ground the person claims to be a voter ; and it is provided that " he shall require each per- son entitled to vote and desiring to be registered to take and subscribe in ...
... persons entitled to vote , " and ascertain in all cases upon what ground the person claims to be a voter ; and it is provided that " he shall require each per- son entitled to vote and desiring to be registered to take and subscribe in ...
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... person , except such act or omission of duty as affected or might affect the integrity of the election for a ... persons . But this reasoning has no application to the present case . Voting , in the name of another , for a state ...
... person , except such act or omission of duty as affected or might affect the integrity of the election for a ... persons . But this reasoning has no application to the present case . Voting , in the name of another , for a state ...
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... person not legally qualified or entitled to vote ; or interferes in any manner with any officer of such election in the ... persons , whose names are to the grand jurors unknown , so to seize , carry away , and secrete said ballot box ...
... person not legally qualified or entitled to vote ; or interferes in any manner with any officer of such election in the ... persons , whose names are to the grand jurors unknown , so to seize , carry away , and secrete said ballot box ...
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... persons who served honorably in the enumerated wars or in the war of the Revolution . Third . " All persons who are of good character and who understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a republican form of government ...
... persons who served honorably in the enumerated wars or in the war of the Revolution . Third . " All persons who are of good character and who understand the duties and obligations of citizenship under a republican form of government ...
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... persons who are of good character and who understand the duties and obligations of citizen- ship under a republican form of government , " opened a wide door to the exercise of discretion- ary power by the registrars . It is charged ...
... persons who are of good character and who understand the duties and obligations of citizen- ship under a republican form of government , " opened a wide door to the exercise of discretion- ary power by the registrars . It is charged ...
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.