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Rhetoric To Reality: Citizenship Delays And U.S. International Obligations In The Post-9/11 Landscape, Clifford Ashcroft-Smith Mar 2010

Rhetoric To Reality: Citizenship Delays And U.S. International Obligations In The Post-9/11 Landscape, Clifford Ashcroft-Smith

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Fighting For The High Ground: Race, Class, Markets And Development Done Right In Post Katrina Recovery , Audrey Mcfarlane Sep 2007

Fighting For The High Ground: Race, Class, Markets And Development Done Right In Post Katrina Recovery , Audrey Mcfarlane

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


The End Of Preclearance As We Knew It: How The Supreme Court Transformed Section 5 Of The Voting Rights Act, Peyton Mccrary, Christopher B. Seaman, Richard Valelly Apr 2006

The End Of Preclearance As We Knew It: How The Supreme Court Transformed Section 5 Of The Voting Rights Act, Peyton Mccrary, Christopher B. Seaman, Richard Valelly

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Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965 requires certain jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination to obtain “preclearance” of proposed electoral changes from the United States Department of Justice or a three-judge panel in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia. This provision, which is set to expire in August 2007, has successfully reduced racial and ethnic discrimination in voting.

The United States Supreme Court determined in a 5-4 decision, Reno v. Bossier Parish School Board, 528 U.S. 230 (2000), that Section 5's prohibition on the enforcement of electoral changes which have a discriminatory …


Race And The Death Penalty After Mccleskey: A Case Study Of Kentucky's Racial Justice Act, Justin R. Arnold Sep 2005

Race And The Death Penalty After Mccleskey: A Case Study Of Kentucky's Racial Justice Act, Justin R. Arnold

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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International Law And The Ethnicity Of Irish Travellers, David Keane Jan 2005

International Law And The Ethnicity Of Irish Travellers, David Keane

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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A Call To Leadership: The Future Of Race Relations In Virginia, Rodney A. Smolla Jan 2004

A Call To Leadership: The Future Of Race Relations In Virginia, Rodney A. Smolla

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Introduction To The Vienna Declaration And Program Of Action Of Africans And African Descendants, Vernellia R. Randall Apr 2002

Introduction To The Vienna Declaration And Program Of Action Of Africans And African Descendants, Vernellia R. Randall

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.


Dead Hands And State Actors: Theracially Discriminatory Charitable Trustin Hermitage Methodist Homes, Dean Barclay Apr 2001

Dead Hands And State Actors: Theracially Discriminatory Charitable Trustin Hermitage Methodist Homes, Dean Barclay

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Civil Rights And Mortgage Lending Discrimination: Establishing A Prima Facie Case Under The Disparate Treatment Theory, G. Carol Brani Apr 1999

Civil Rights And Mortgage Lending Discrimination: Establishing A Prima Facie Case Under The Disparate Treatment Theory, G. Carol Brani

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Democratic National Committee V. Edward J. Rollins: Politics As Usual Or Unusual Politics?, Rachel E. Berry Apr 1996

Democratic National Committee V. Edward J. Rollins: Politics As Usual Or Unusual Politics?, Rachel E. Berry

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

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Discriminatory Intent, Lewis H. Larue Apr 1995

Discriminatory Intent, Lewis H. Larue

Washington and Lee Journal of Civil Rights and Social Justice

No abstract provided.