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Managing Gerrymandering, Mitchell N. Berman
Managing Gerrymandering, Mitchell N. Berman
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Last spring, in Vieth v. Jubelirer, the Supreme Court addressed a claim of unconstitutional partisan gerrymandering for the first time since having held such claims justiciable, 18 years earlier, in Davis v. Bandemer. Vieth was a fractured decision. All nine Justices agreed that partisan gerrymandering is of constitutional moment, a substantial majority declaring that excessive partisanship is unconstitutional. The Justices also united in rejecting the particular gerrymandering test advanced in Bandemer. There agreement ended. Four Justices proposed three tests to replace the unmeetable Bandemer standard. A four-member plurality would have overruled Bandemer more completely by holding that partisan gerrymandering claims …
A National Issue: Segregation In The District Of Columbia And The Civil Rights Movement At Mid-Century, Wendell E. Pritchett
A National Issue: Segregation In The District Of Columbia And The Civil Rights Movement At Mid-Century, Wendell E. Pritchett
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The Protestant Revolutions And Western Law, William Ewald
The Protestant Revolutions And Western Law, William Ewald
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Black Club Women And Child Welfare: Lessons For Modern Reform, Dorothy E. Roberts
Black Club Women And Child Welfare: Lessons For Modern Reform, Dorothy E. Roberts
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