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Full-Text Articles in Legal History
Instrumentalist And Holmesian Voices In The Rhetoric Of Reapportionment: The Opinions Of Justices Brennan And Frankfurter In Baker V. Carr, Carlo A. Pedrioli
Instrumentalist And Holmesian Voices In The Rhetoric Of Reapportionment: The Opinions Of Justices Brennan And Frankfurter In Baker V. Carr, Carlo A. Pedrioli
Carlo A. Pedrioli
In his autobiography, Chief Justice Earl Warren described Baker v.Carr as “the most important case of [his] tenure on the Court.” Following Brown v. Board of Education by eight years, Baker was the second “blockbuster” case of the Warren Court. Warren felt that, if the progeny of Baker had preceded Brown, Brown would have been unnecessary.
As with other major Supreme Court cases, Baker featured rhetoric from highly influential justices, two of whom in this case were Justice William Brennan and Justice Felix Frankfurter. Justice Brennan would write the groundbreaking opinion for the Court that would be part of “the …
Instrumentalist And Holmesian Voices In The Rhetoric Of Reapportionment: The Opinions Of Justices Brennan And Frankfurter In Baker V. Carr, Carlo A. Pedrioli
Instrumentalist And Holmesian Voices In The Rhetoric Of Reapportionment: The Opinions Of Justices Brennan And Frankfurter In Baker V. Carr, Carlo A. Pedrioli
Faculty Scholarship
In his autobiography, Chief Justice Earl Warren described Baker v.Carr as “the most important case of [his] tenure on the Court.” Following Brown v. Board of Education by eight years, Baker was the second “blockbuster” case of the Warren Court. Warren felt that, if the progeny of Baker had preceded Brown, Brown would have been unnecessary. As with other major Supreme Court cases, Baker featured rhetoric from highly influential justices, two of whom in this case were Justice William Brennan and Justice Felix Frankfurter. Justice Brennan would write the groundbreaking opinion for the Court that would be part of “the …
"Now For A Clean Sweep!": Smiley V. Holm, Partisan Gerrymandering, And At-Large Congressional Elections, Benedict J. Schweigert
"Now For A Clean Sweep!": Smiley V. Holm, Partisan Gerrymandering, And At-Large Congressional Elections, Benedict J. Schweigert
Michigan Law Review
The 1930 Census reduced Minnesota's apportionment in the U.S. House of Representatives from ten to nine, requiring the state to draw new congressional districts. The Republican-led state legislature passed a gerrymandered redistricting bill in an attempt to insulate its nine incumbents in the state's delegation from the party's expected loss of the statewide popular vote to the insurgent Farmer-Labor Party. When the Farmer-Labor Governor, Floyd B. Olson, vetoed the redistricting bill, the legislature claimed the bill could take effect without the governor's signature. In Smiley v. Holm, the U.S. Supreme Court decided that the veto was effective and that …
A Case Study: Imperial Valley, California, Dennis B. Underwood
A Case Study: Imperial Valley, California, Dennis B. Underwood
Western Water: Expanding Uses/Finite Supplies (Summer Conference, June 2-4)
22 pages.
Book Reviews, Francis X. Beytagh, Jr., Robert L. Carter, William E. Miller, Judge
Book Reviews, Francis X. Beytagh, Jr., Robert L. Carter, William E. Miller, Judge
Vanderbilt Law Review
Books Reviewed:
The Supreme Court and the Idea of Progress
by Alexander M. Bickel
New York: Harper & Row, 1970. Pp. xii, 210. $6.50.
Politics, the Constitution and the Warren Court
By Philip B. Kurland Chicago
University of Chicago Press, 1970. Pp. xxv, 222.$9.75.
Reviewer: Francis X. Beytagh, Jr.
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Books Reviewed:
Politics of Southern Equality: Law and Social Change in a Mississippi County
By Frederick M. Wirt
Chicago: Aldine Publishing Co., 1970. Pp. 335. $10.00.
reviewer: Robert L. Carter
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The Apportionment Cases
By Richard C. Cortner Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1970. Pp. ix. 283. $10.00.
reviewer William …
The History Of Legislative Apportionment In Maryland, John H. Michener
The History Of Legislative Apportionment In Maryland, John H. Michener
Maryland Law Review
No abstract provided.