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The Unwelcome Judicial Obligation To Respect Politics In Racial Gerrymandering Remedies, Jeffrey L. Fisher Mar 1997

The Unwelcome Judicial Obligation To Respect Politics In Racial Gerrymandering Remedies, Jeffrey L. Fisher

Michigan Law Review

Like it or not, the attack on "bizarrely" shaped majority-minority electoral districts is now firmly underway. Nearly four years have passed since the Supreme Court first announced in Shaw v. Reno that a state's redistricting plan that is "so extremely irregular on its face that it rationally can be viewed only as an effort to segregate the races for purposes of voting" may violate the Equal Protection Clause. Such a district, the Court held, reinforces racial stereotypes, carries us further from the goal of a political system in which race no longer matters, and "threatens to undermine our system of …


Race-Based Jury Nullification: Case-In-Chief, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 911 (1997), Paul D. Butler Jan 1997

Race-Based Jury Nullification: Case-In-Chief, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 911 (1997), Paul D. Butler

UIC Law Review

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The Death Penalty And The Decline Of Liberalism, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 321 (1997), John R. Macarthur Jan 1997

The Death Penalty And The Decline Of Liberalism, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 321 (1997), John R. Macarthur

UIC Law Review

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Race-Based Jury Nullification: Rebuttal (Part B), 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 929 (1997), Charles P. Kocoras Jan 1997

Race-Based Jury Nullification: Rebuttal (Part B), 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 929 (1997), Charles P. Kocoras

UIC Law Review

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Race-Based Jury Nullification: Surrebuttal, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 933 (1997), Paul D. Butler Jan 1997

Race-Based Jury Nullification: Surrebuttal, 30 J. Marshall L. Rev. 933 (1997), Paul D. Butler

UIC Law Review

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