Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Elections
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Hearing on the National Voter Registration Act, Section 7
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on House Administration. Subcommittee on Elections
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic government information
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Guide for Hearing Officers in NLRB Representation and Section 10(K) Proceedings
Author: United States. National Labor Relations Board. Office of the General Counsel
Publisher: National Labor Relations Board
ISBN:
Category : Civil procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
Publisher: National Labor Relations Board
ISBN:
Category : Civil procedure
Languages : en
Pages : 166
Book Description
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Author: United States Commission on Civil Rights
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
The Voting Rights Act of 1965
Author: Kevin J. Coleman
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505554328
Category : Election law
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was successfully challenged in a June 2013 case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. The suit challenged the constitutionality of Sections 4 and 5 of the VRA, under which certain jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination in voting-mostly in the South-were required to "pre-clear" changes to the election process with the Justice Department (the U.S. Attorney General) or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The preclearance provision (Section 5) was based on a formula (Section 4) that considered voting practices and patterns in 1964, 1968, or 1972. At issue in Shelby County was whether Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it reauthorized the VRA in 2006-with the existing formula-thereby infringing on the rights of the states. In its ruling, the Court struck down Section 4 as outdated and not "grounded in current conditions." As a consequence, Section 5 is intact, but inoperable, unless or until Congress prescribes a new Section 4 formula.
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781505554328
Category : Election law
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
The Voting Rights Act (VRA) was successfully challenged in a June 2013 case decided by the U.S. Supreme Court in Shelby County, Alabama v. Holder. The suit challenged the constitutionality of Sections 4 and 5 of the VRA, under which certain jurisdictions with a history of racial discrimination in voting-mostly in the South-were required to "pre-clear" changes to the election process with the Justice Department (the U.S. Attorney General) or the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. The preclearance provision (Section 5) was based on a formula (Section 4) that considered voting practices and patterns in 1964, 1968, or 1972. At issue in Shelby County was whether Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it reauthorized the VRA in 2006-with the existing formula-thereby infringing on the rights of the states. In its ruling, the Court struck down Section 4 as outdated and not "grounded in current conditions." As a consequence, Section 5 is intact, but inoperable, unless or until Congress prescribes a new Section 4 formula.
Colorblind Injustice
Author: J. Morgan Kousser
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807862657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 603
Book Description
Challenging recent trends both in historical scholarship and in Supreme Court decisions on civil rights, J. Morgan Kousser criticizes the Court's "postmodern equal protection" and demonstrates that legislative and judicial history still matter for public policy. Offering an original interpretation of the failure of the First Reconstruction (after the Civil War) by comparing it with the relative success of the Second (after World War II), Kousser argues that institutions and institutional rules--not customs, ideas, attitudes, culture, or individual behavior--have been the primary forces shaping American race relations throughout the country's history. Using detailed case studies of redistricting decisions and the tailoring of electoral laws from Los Angeles to the Deep South, he documents how such rules were designed to discriminate against African Americans and Latinos. Kousser contends that far from being colorblind, Shaw v. Reno (1993) and subsequent "racial gerrymandering" decisions of the Supreme Court are intensely color-conscious. Far from being conservative, he argues, the five majority justices and their academic supporters are unreconstructed radicals who twist history and ignore current realities. A more balanced view of that history, he insists, dictates a reversal of Shaw and a return to the promise of both Reconstructions.
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
ISBN: 0807862657
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 603
Book Description
Challenging recent trends both in historical scholarship and in Supreme Court decisions on civil rights, J. Morgan Kousser criticizes the Court's "postmodern equal protection" and demonstrates that legislative and judicial history still matter for public policy. Offering an original interpretation of the failure of the First Reconstruction (after the Civil War) by comparing it with the relative success of the Second (after World War II), Kousser argues that institutions and institutional rules--not customs, ideas, attitudes, culture, or individual behavior--have been the primary forces shaping American race relations throughout the country's history. Using detailed case studies of redistricting decisions and the tailoring of electoral laws from Los Angeles to the Deep South, he documents how such rules were designed to discriminate against African Americans and Latinos. Kousser contends that far from being colorblind, Shaw v. Reno (1993) and subsequent "racial gerrymandering" decisions of the Supreme Court are intensely color-conscious. Far from being conservative, he argues, the five majority justices and their academic supporters are unreconstructed radicals who twist history and ignore current realities. A more balanced view of that history, he insists, dictates a reversal of Shaw and a return to the promise of both Reconstructions.
Compilation of Hearings and Markups
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Rules and Administration
Publisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 676
Book Description
An Outline of Law and Procedure in Representation Cases
Author: United States. National Labor Relations Board. Office of the General Counsel
Publisher:
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Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Labor laws and legislation
Languages : en
Pages : 534
Book Description
Stealing Democracy
Author: Spencer Overton
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393330939
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Overton uses real-life stories to show how seemingly insignificant factors--such as how many booths are at polling sites and how district boundaries are drawn--channel political power and determine policies on war, schools, clean air, and other life-affecting issues.
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN: 9780393330939
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 242
Book Description
Overton uses real-life stories to show how seemingly insignificant factors--such as how many booths are at polling sites and how district boundaries are drawn--channel political power and determine policies on war, schools, clean air, and other life-affecting issues.
Voting Systems Standards
Author: United States. Federal Election Commission
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voting-machines
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voting-machines
Languages : en
Pages : 120
Book Description
The Impact of the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 on the Administration of Elections for Federal Office
Author:
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Category : Voter registration
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Voter registration
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description