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No Matter Who Draws The Lines: A Comparative Analysis Of The Utility Of Independent Redistricting Commissions In First-Past-The-Post Democracies, Katherine L. Ekstrand
No Matter Who Draws The Lines: A Comparative Analysis Of The Utility Of Independent Redistricting Commissions In First-Past-The-Post Democracies, Katherine L. Ekstrand
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Voting Rights And The History Of Institutionalized Racism: Criminal Disenfranchisement In The United States And South Africa, Brock A. Johnson
Voting Rights And The History Of Institutionalized Racism: Criminal Disenfranchisement In The United States And South Africa, Brock A. Johnson
Georgia Journal of International & Comparative Law
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Judging Congressional Elections, Lisa M. Manheim
Judging Congressional Elections, Lisa M. Manheim
Georgia Law Review
A pivotal clause of our Constitution suffers from
uncertainty and neglect. The result has scrambled the law
of contested congressional elections. These high-stakes
disputes turn on questions of procedure, and in particular
on questions of forum. Yet across the country, an
unpredictable and ad hoc set of regimes governs these
fundamental questions. The culprit behind the confusion
is Article I, Section 5 of the United States Constitution,
which states that "Each House shall be the Judge of the
Elections ... of its own Members." This command may
seem straightforward, if a bit unsettling-it allows
Congress to decide who has won …