Mistaken identity : the Supreme Court and the politics of minority representation

Mistaken identity : the Supreme Court and the politics of minority representation /

Is it ever legitimate to redraw electoral districts on the basis of race? In its long struggle with this question, the U.S. Supreme Court has treated race-conscious redistricting either as a requirement of political fairness or as an exercise in corrosive racial quotas. Cutting through these contrad...

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Main Author: Bybee, Keith J., 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Subjects:
United States. > Voting Rights Act of 1965.
États-Unis. > Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Voting Rights Act of 1965 (United States)
Minorities > Suffrage > United States.
Proportional representation > United States.
Representative government and representation > United States.
Election districts > United States.
Political questions and judicial power > United States.
LAW > Constitutional.
LAW > Public.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > American Government > Legislative Branch.
Election districts
Minorities > Suffrage
Political questions and judicial power
Proportional representation
Representative government and representation
Minorités > Droit de vote > Etats-Unis.
Représentation proportionnelle > Etats-Unis.
Circonscriptions électorales > Etats-Unis.
Gouvernement représentatif > Etats-Unis.
Politique et pouvoir judiciaire > Etats-Unis.
United States
Jura > Jura.
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Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1 The Voting Rights Act and the Struggle for Meaningful Political Membership 12
  • Chapter 2 The Supreme Court and Representation: Building an Analytical Framework 30
  • Chapter 3 Sound and Fury: Identifying the Role of Political Identity in the Public Debate 51
  • Chapter 4 The Early Cases 70
  • Chapter 5 The Later Cases: The Polarization of Judicial Debate 98
  • Chapter 6 The Possibilities of Legislative Learning 145.

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