Add to ORKGThe challenge is to navigate the untrodden area of reapportionment, in particular majority-minority districts. The Supreme Court has ruled in various reapportionment cases, yet these cases continue to plague the dockets of the United States Supreme Court. The focus of research is to evaluate the new phenomenon of majority-minority districts as it has progressed through constitutional amendments, civil and voting rights acts, and Supreme Court cases, all of which culminate in the 1992 elections. The 1990 Census and reapportionment were the birth of majority-minority districts. In creating these districts, one must look at the most effective percentage breakdowns in each district. Will the barest majority be sufficient or do states need to cr...
Race-conscious redistricting remains crucial to the election of an overwhelming number of African Am...
In the 1960s, the Supreme Court famously imposed the one-person, one-vote requirement on federal, st...
The Supreme Court\u27s decision in Shaw V. Reno forbade the drawing of congressional district lines...
The response of Southern states to the Fifteenth Amendment’s grant of voting rights to former slaves...
Majority-minority districts have been the subject of extensive, and often rancorous, critique and de...
The 2011 redistricting will provide some interesting challenges for minority voting rights. How can ...
My study of voting rights violations nationwide suggests that voting problems are more prevalent in ...
In 1872, in the first congressional reapportionment after African-Americans won the right to vote e...
Conventional wisdom and empirical academic research conclude that majority Black districts decrease ...
Race-based districting may be necessary to eradicate racist manipulation of voting, and yet poses di...
The election of Barack Obama suggests that the United States’ racial climate has improved, but incar...
In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, prompting fears...
In 1991, reapportionment and redistricting were the most open, democratic, and racially egalitarian...
The increasingly complex problems of elucidating congressional apportionment standards and granting ...
This article is based on one that was first published in The Wastington Post on April 16, 1995. It ...
Race-conscious redistricting remains crucial to the election of an overwhelming number of African Am...
In the 1960s, the Supreme Court famously imposed the one-person, one-vote requirement on federal, st...
The Supreme Court\u27s decision in Shaw V. Reno forbade the drawing of congressional district lines...
The response of Southern states to the Fifteenth Amendment’s grant of voting rights to former slaves...
Majority-minority districts have been the subject of extensive, and often rancorous, critique and de...
The 2011 redistricting will provide some interesting challenges for minority voting rights. How can ...
My study of voting rights violations nationwide suggests that voting problems are more prevalent in ...
In 1872, in the first congressional reapportionment after African-Americans won the right to vote e...
Conventional wisdom and empirical academic research conclude that majority Black districts decrease ...
Race-based districting may be necessary to eradicate racist manipulation of voting, and yet poses di...
The election of Barack Obama suggests that the United States’ racial climate has improved, but incar...
In June 2013, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down part of the 1965 Voting Rights Act, prompting fears...
In 1991, reapportionment and redistricting were the most open, democratic, and racially egalitarian...
The increasingly complex problems of elucidating congressional apportionment standards and granting ...
This article is based on one that was first published in The Wastington Post on April 16, 1995. It ...
Race-conscious redistricting remains crucial to the election of an overwhelming number of African Am...
In the 1960s, the Supreme Court famously imposed the one-person, one-vote requirement on federal, st...
The Supreme Court\u27s decision in Shaw V. Reno forbade the drawing of congressional district lines...