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Shut Up And Vote: A Critique Of Deliberative Democracy And The Life Of Talk, James A. Gardner Jan 1996

Shut Up And Vote: A Critique Of Deliberative Democracy And The Life Of Talk, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


Anonymous Campaign Literature And The First Amendment, Erika King Apr 1995

Anonymous Campaign Literature And The First Amendment, Erika King

North Carolina Central Law Review

No abstract provided.


Johnson V. De Grandy: Mixed Messages On Equal Electoral Opportunity Under Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, Brenda Wright Mar 1995

Johnson V. De Grandy: Mixed Messages On Equal Electoral Opportunity Under Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act, Brenda Wright

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Johnson v. De Grandy' is Florida's contribution to the burgeoning Supreme Court jurisprudence addressing the redistricting which followed the 1990 Census.2 That round of redistricting has been heavily influenced by Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, which Congress amended in 1982 to prohibit election practices that deny minorities an equal opportunity to participate in the political process andelect candidates of their choice to office.3 Because the composition of election districts may have a powerful impact on the ability of racial or ethnic minorities to elect candidates of their choice to office, 4 redistricting is among the practices …


Holder V. Hall: Blinking At Minority Voting Rights, Laughlin Mcdonald Mar 1995

Holder V. Hall: Blinking At Minority Voting Rights, Laughlin Mcdonald

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

Parts I and II of this Article discuss the sole commissioner form of government in Bleckley County and the nature and disposition of plaintiffs' Section 2 challenge in the lower courts. Part III analyzes the decision of the Supreme Court, its formalistic construction of Section 2, and the Court's retreat from voting rights enforcement. Part IV is a critique of the concurring opinion of Justice Thomas and responds to his arguments that the creation of majority-minority districts improperly embroils the courts in political theorizing and is a form of segregation. This Article concludes with a discussion of the critical role …


The Constitutionality Of Racial Redistricting: A Critique Of Shaw V. Reno, Frank R, Parker Mar 1995

The Constitutionality Of Racial Redistricting: A Critique Of Shaw V. Reno, Frank R, Parker

University of the District of Columbia Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Pale Impact Of Recent Case Law On The Ascendancy Of The Voting Rights Act, Frank N. Schellace Jan 1995

The Pale Impact Of Recent Case Law On The Ascendancy Of The Voting Rights Act, Frank N. Schellace

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Bi-Partisan Voting: In Re Matthews Jan 1994

Bi-Partisan Voting: In Re Matthews

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Strange Bedfellows: Two Paradoxes In Constitutional Discourse Over Corporate And Individual Political Activity, Andrew Stark Apr 1993

Strange Bedfellows: Two Paradoxes In Constitutional Discourse Over Corporate And Individual Political Activity, Andrew Stark

Cardozo Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Constitution And The Ballot Box: Supreme Court Jurisprudence And Ballot Access For Independent Candidates, Brian L. Porto Mar 1993

The Constitution And The Ballot Box: Supreme Court Jurisprudence And Ballot Access For Independent Candidates, Brian L. Porto

Brigham Young University Journal of Public Law

No abstract provided.


Legal Aliens, Local Citizens: The Historical Constitutional And Theoretical Meanings Of Alien Suffrage, Jamin B. Raskin Jan 1993

Legal Aliens, Local Citizens: The Historical Constitutional And Theoretical Meanings Of Alien Suffrage, Jamin B. Raskin

Scholarly Articles in Law Reviews & Journals

No abstract provided.


Shaw V. Reno: On The Borderline, Emily Calhoun Jan 1993

Shaw V. Reno: On The Borderline, Emily Calhoun

Publications

No abstract provided.


The Bench And The Ballot: Applying The Protections Of The Voting Rights Act To Judicial Elections, Brenda Wright Jan 1992

The Bench And The Ballot: Applying The Protections Of The Voting Rights Act To Judicial Elections, Brenda Wright

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Election And Term Of City And County Officers Jan 1992

Election And Term Of City And County Officers

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Uses And Abuses Of Incumbency: People V. Ohrenstein And The Limits Of Inherent Legislative Power, James A. Gardner Nov 1991

The Uses And Abuses Of Incumbency: People V. Ohrenstein And The Limits Of Inherent Legislative Power, James A. Gardner

Journal Articles

No abstract provided.


Partisan Gerrymandering: A New Concept For Florida's 1992 Reapportionment, Bill L. Bryant, Katherine E. Giddings, Mark E. Kaplan Oct 1991

Partisan Gerrymandering: A New Concept For Florida's 1992 Reapportionment, Bill L. Bryant, Katherine E. Giddings, Mark E. Kaplan

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


Qualifications Of Governor And Lieutenant-Governor Jan 1991

Qualifications Of Governor And Lieutenant-Governor

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Prohibition Against Use Of State Money For Private Undertaking Jan 1991

Prohibition Against Use Of State Money For Private Undertaking

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Applying Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act To Single-Member Offices, Edward J. Sebold Jun 1990

Applying Section 2 Of The Voting Rights Act To Single-Member Offices, Edward J. Sebold

Michigan Law Review

This Note questions whether an exemption for single-member offices is justified. Part I provides a brief overview of the Voting Rights Act and the types of discrimination in the political process to which it applies., Part I then reviews the decisions on single-member offices, including the courts' attempts to define single-member offices. This Part concludes neither Congress nor the Supreme Court dictates an exemption for single-member offices. Instead, single-member offices should be open to challenge if they hamper the achievement of section 2's goals. Part II identifies the goals of section 2 by developing a number of theories to give …


The Constitutionality Of The Arkansas Ballot Question Disclosure Act, John M.A. Dipippa Jul 1989

The Constitutionality Of The Arkansas Ballot Question Disclosure Act, John M.A. Dipippa

University of Arkansas at Little Rock Law Review

No abstract provided.


Weighted Voting, Richard David Emery ,Esq. Jan 1989

Weighted Voting, Richard David Emery ,Esq.

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Kach V. Central Election Committee For The Twelfth Knesset, Meir Shamgar, Menachem Elon, Moshe Bejski, Dov Levin, Shlomo Levin Oct 1988

Kach V. Central Election Committee For The Twelfth Knesset, Meir Shamgar, Menachem Elon, Moshe Bejski, Dov Levin, Shlomo Levin

Translated Opinions

The Appeal revolved around the decision of the Central Election Committee for the Twelfth Knesset, under its authority according to section 63 of the Knesset Elections Act [Consolidated Version] 1969, that the “Kach” List be barred from participating in elections to the Knesset, under section 7A of Basic Law: The Knesset. The Appellant’s argue that section 7A, which was added to Basic Law: The Knesset is invalid for the following reasons: it is inconsistent with the principle of equality as established by section 4 of Basic Law: The Knesset; it is an extreme divergence from the principles of democracy and …


Some Modest Proposals On The Vice-Presidency, Richard D. Friedman Jan 1988

Some Modest Proposals On The Vice-Presidency, Richard D. Friedman

Articles

There are many good things in the Constitution, but the vice-presidency isn't one of them. In Part I of this essay, I will argue that there are three basic problems with the vice-presidency: the method of nomination, the method of election, and the office itself. That just about covers the waterfront.' If we had to do it all over again, we almost certainly would not" create the system we currently have. We cannot undo history, but we do have a very strong incentive to develop a better system of succession to the presidency. Whom we choose as vice-president is a …


The Court Confronts The Gerrymander, Josseph C. Coates, Iii Jul 1987

The Court Confronts The Gerrymander, Josseph C. Coates, Iii

Florida State University Law Review

No abstract provided.


At-Large Elections And Vote Dilution: An Empirical Study, Richard A. Walawender Jun 1986

At-Large Elections And Vote Dilution: An Empirical Study, Richard A. Walawender

University of Michigan Journal of Law Reform

The 1982 amendments to the Act, however, have remained a subject of controversy. Opponents of the Act misperceive municipal at-large electoral systems, believing they provide as much minority representation as single-member district systems. This Note addresses that misperception with data showing that at large schemes provide significantly less minority representation than other schemes. The various standards used by federal courts in reviewing the constitutionality of at-large election systems are outlined in Part I. Part II sets forth an analysis of Congress's response to the judicial ambivalence toward at-large elections- the 1982 amendments to section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. …


Washington's Ballot Restriction For Minor Party Candidates: When Is A Primary Not A Primary?, Emily Calhoun Jan 1986

Washington's Ballot Restriction For Minor Party Candidates: When Is A Primary Not A Primary?, Emily Calhoun

Publications

No abstract provided.


Thornburg V. Gingles, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1985

Thornburg V. Gingles, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


The First Amendment And Distributional Voting Rights Controversies, Emily M. Calhoun Jan 1985

The First Amendment And Distributional Voting Rights Controversies, Emily M. Calhoun

Publications

No abstract provided.


Distrust Of Democracy, Richard Briffault Jan 1985

Distrust Of Democracy, Richard Briffault

Faculty Scholarship

The current rediscovery of state constitutions has had a singular and curious feature: it has been focused largely on state constitutional provisions that are analogous, if not identical, to provisions of the United States Constitution. Scholars and jurists have devoted their attention to state protections of speech, state equal protection clauses, state privileges against self-incrimination, and state proscriptions of cruel and unusual punishments, and have developed interpretations of these texts that diverge from those adopted by the United States Supreme Court in construing comparable federal constitutional provisions. These attempts to play state variations on federal constitutional themes have not been …


Fair Representation: Meeting The Ideal Of One Man, One Vote, Michigan Law Review Feb 1984

Fair Representation: Meeting The Ideal Of One Man, One Vote, Michigan Law Review

Michigan Law Review

A Review of Fair Representation: Meeting the Ideal of One Man, One Vote by Michel L. Balinski and H. Peyton Young


One Person-One Vote Round Iii: Challenges To The 1980 Redistricting, Robert J. Van Der Velde Jan 1984

One Person-One Vote Round Iii: Challenges To The 1980 Redistricting, Robert J. Van Der Velde

Cleveland State Law Review

Ever since the United States Supreme Court entered the "political thicket" of redistricting and reapportionment courts and legislatures have been struggling with issues relating to the Court's mandate of "one person, one vote." The re-drawing of congressional and legislative district boundaries after the 1980 census was only the third time that district boundaries have been drawn according to the Supreme Court's mandate of "one person-one vote." This Article discusses the legal requirements of one person-one vote and the continuing evolution of the legal standards in this area. Part II analyzes the evolution of one person-one vote doctrine in the Supreme …