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Racial Gerrymandering and Minority Interests in Congress on JSTOR


Redistricting Principles and Racial Representation - CiteSeerX

Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act, preservation of district core, and compactness—affect racial minority representa- tion in congressional districts? Using ...

Back in their proper place:: racial gerrymandering in Georgia

During this decade the United States Supreme Court has made significant rulings on constitutional challenges to representative districts purposefully drawn ...

Holdings: The paradox of representation : racial gerrymandering ...

The paradox of representation : racial gerrymandering and minority interests in Congress /. Show other versions (2). "In The Paradox of Representation, David ...

Why the House of Representatives Must Be Expanded and How ...

Larger and, in some cases, unequal sized congressional districts have left Americans with worse representation, including in the Electoral College, which ...

Redistricting Principles and Racial Representation - jstor

Others, such as. Section 5 of the Voting Rights Act and rules regarding political subdivisions, enhance minority representation, but in a nuanced way. POLITICAL ...

The paradox of representation : racial gerrymandering and minority ...

... racial gerrymandering and minority interests in Congress / David Lublin. ... jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctv173f1kk (link opens ... Fight club politics : how ...

Diversity and Minority Interest Group Advocacy in Congress

I argue, however, that the inclusion of more blacks and Latinos on congressional committees enhances the lobbying influence—and thus the legislative success—of ...

Closing the Voting Rights Act Loophole in Gerrymandering Claims

Because each jurisdiction varies as to whether the legislature, a citizen commission, or some combination thereof draws legislative districts, ...

Racial Identity and the Quandary of Political Representation

"demographic" political representation), is based on the number of people (or voters) in a particular jurisdiction. Legislators have equal power to act for and ...

A Study of Legislative Redistricting in Illinois - Vanderbilt University

Moreover, in the Senate redistricters sought to con- vert relatively liberal Republican districts to relatively conservative Democratic districts, thus shifting ...

How Redistricting Works and How You Can Get Involved

The redistricting process is all about redrawing the district lines that elect our legislators. And it happens at every level of government.

1 Ben Gollin Equality and the Law December 18, 2022 Partisan ...

By failing to remedy the constitutional violation of egregious partisan gerrymandering, the Court failed to protect our representative democracy ...

SYSTEMIC RACISM AND VOTING RIGHTS IN 2021

INTRODUCTION. The U.S. Supreme Court held racial gerrymandering unconstitutional in. 1960 in Gomillion v. Lightfoot,1 striking down the bizarrely redrawn.

BEYOND LEFT AND RIGHT: HOW REDISTRICTING CHANGES ...

... minority districts. As a result, effective substantive representation of minority interests may be far less dependent on racial issues than ...

Racial gerrymandering - IS MUNI

'HEN the 102nd Gongress convened in January 1991, the Georgia House delegation was comprised of nine Democrats and one Republican—Newt. Gingrich.

Electoral Systems and the Representation of Minority Interests ... - jstor

lative voting, and ethnic quotas have provided fertile ground f comparative analysis. The topic has taken on great political signifi.

PARTISAN GERRYMANDERING, THE FIRST AMENDMENT, AND ...

Political outsiders were not always marginalized in legal controversies involving the freedom of associa- tion. In fact, the Supreme Court originally ...

The Partisan Impact of Voting Rights Law: A Reply to Pamela S. Karlan

Like pinwheel fireworks, Pam Karlan spins off ideas in radiant bursts of energy. In this ambitious piece, she not only dissects the Supreme Court's.

Of Minority Representation, Multiple-Race Responses, and Melting ...

Professor Butler has dubbed the "affirmative" racial gerrymander.' * Professor of Law, University of North Carolina School of Law. I thank John.

A Critique of “Do Majority-Minority Districts Maximize Substantive ...

PDF | Contrary to Cameron, Epstein, and O'Halloran's article (1996), (1) racial redistricting remains vital to the election of African Americans to the.