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Legislative Findings, Congressional Powers, And The Future Of The Voting Rights Act, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Legislative Findings, Congressional Powers, And The Future Of The Voting Rights Act, Luis Fuentes-Rohwer
Indiana Law Journal
In enacting the Voting Rights Act of 1965, Congress sought to overcome decades of outright refusal to enforce the Fifteenth Amendment. The statute was considered "harsh " and "punitive" by critics, and the Supreme Court partially agreed, calling the legislation "stringent, " inventive, " and "uncommon. " Yet the Court ultimately sided with the national ruling coalition as represented by the administration and overwhelming congressional majorities. This Article examines the early internal debates over the constitutionality of the Act and concludes that the question of legislative findings played a key role. In particular, internal notes and memoranda from the Katzenbach …
Protecting The Constitution From The People: Juricentric Restrictions On Section Five Power, Robert C. Post, Reva B. Siegel
Protecting The Constitution From The People: Juricentric Restrictions On Section Five Power, Robert C. Post, Reva B. Siegel
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Congressional Power in the Shadow of the Rehnquist Court: Strategies for the Future held at Indiana University Law School, February 1-2, 2002.
Alarmism Versus Moderation In Responding To The Rehnquist Court, Mark Tushnet
Alarmism Versus Moderation In Responding To The Rehnquist Court, Mark Tushnet
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Congressional Power in the Shadow of the Rehnquist Court: Strategies for the Future held at Indiana University Law School, February 1-2, 2002.
Getting Off The Dole: Why The Court Should Abandon Its Spending Doctrine, And How A Too-Clever Congress Could Provoke It To Do So, Lynn A. Baker, Mitchell N. Berman
Getting Off The Dole: Why The Court Should Abandon Its Spending Doctrine, And How A Too-Clever Congress Could Provoke It To Do So, Lynn A. Baker, Mitchell N. Berman
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Congressional Power in the Shadow of the Rehnquist Court: Strategies for the Future held at Indiana University Law School, February 1-2, 2002.
Electing The Supreme Court, Barry Friedman, Anna Harvey
Electing The Supreme Court, Barry Friedman, Anna Harvey
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Congressional Power in the Shadow of the Rehnquist Court: Strategies for the Future held at Indiana University Law School, February 1-2, 2002.
Ronald Reagan And The Rehnquist Court On Congressional Power: Presidential Influences On Constitutional Change, Dawn E. Johnsen
Ronald Reagan And The Rehnquist Court On Congressional Power: Presidential Influences On Constitutional Change, Dawn E. Johnsen
Indiana Law Journal
Symposium: Congressional Power in the Shadow of the Rehnquist Court: Strategies for the Future held at Indiana University Law School, February 1-2, 2002.
Bakke, Weber And Fullilove: Benign Discrimination And Congressional Power To Enforce The Fourteenth Amendment, Robert A. Bohrer
Bakke, Weber And Fullilove: Benign Discrimination And Congressional Power To Enforce The Fourteenth Amendment, Robert A. Bohrer
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
The United States Sentencing Commission: A Constitutional Delegation Of Congressional Power, William C. Potter Ii
The United States Sentencing Commission: A Constitutional Delegation Of Congressional Power, William C. Potter Ii
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.
Interim Hearings Under Immunity Act-Congressional Power Vs. Individual Rights
Interim Hearings Under Immunity Act-Congressional Power Vs. Individual Rights
Indiana Law Journal
No abstract provided.