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Author Bybee, Keith J., 1965-

Title Mistaken identity : the Supreme Court and the politics of minority representation / Keith J. Bybee
Published Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998

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Description 1 online resource (x, 194 pages)
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
Summary 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 contradictory positions, Keith Bybee examines the theoretical foundations of the Court's decisions and the ideological controversy those decisions have engendered. He uncovers erroneous assumptions about political identity on both sides of the debate and formulates new terms on which minority representati
Analysis Jura Jura
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-189) and index
Notes English
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Subject United States. Voting Rights Act of 1965.
SUBJECT Voting Rights Act of 1965 (United States) fast
Subject 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
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781400822775
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